Thank you for your response. Unfortunately, he has been going to the VA Hospital and they are getting crazy about pain meds. He has been on Tramadol, which is still considered non-narcotic here and it does work. He was getting some side effects, so he asked to try something else and his doctor gave him darvocet. That didn't touch it. So trying to revert back to Tramadol the doctor said no and essentially left him with nothing. The side effects were minimal. We are in the process of changing doctors and hopefully they will give him the tramadol back and maybe try lyrica. The protocol at this VA for PN is tramadol, neurotin, lyrica or cymbalta. Period. We are looking for other docs but live in the middle of nowhere, Western North Carolina and there is not a lot available here. We are seriously considering moving just because of his health issues. Until then we are going to try to get the tramadol back and try lyrica. We are also looking for all alternative therapies as there has to be a better answer to this than drugs. Could be wrong there though. Thank you again...