Originally Posted by Macophile

As far as I know the Vit. D3 1000IU is the correct dose- it's the one my Dr. told me to take- it is interesting you mention the gel caps though, I thought about taken them instead but chose the tablets as they seemed more "common". But I will try the gel caps next time and see if this shows any results.

I don't know if anyone has read some of my previous posts, but I had a previous incident with Tramadol, once when I couldn't get a response from my previous pain clinic Dr for about 3-4 weeks, and my pain kept increasing I stupidly tried upping my Tramadol dose on my own- by 1/4 a pill at a time (I was on 2 at a time so I was taking 2.25 then 2.5, then 3 then 3.25 then 3.5 which is where I stopped) And I called and left a message for my Pain Dr. telling him I was doing this- as a last resort, as I couldn't take it anymore (I was so bad I couldn't stand on my feet really) - and He never called me back. I, of course, ran out of pills and the pharmacy wouldn't refill, the pain clinic wouldn't return my calls so I called my PCP and told them. They made me go to the ER where they did nothing as the Pain Dr. was from a dif. hospital. But the end result was I had to go off them cold turkey (so I went through withdrawal) and they wouldn't prescribe any more. So I think I am kind of stuck w/ no pain killers.

I probably should have mentioned that I am also on:
1) Amitriptyline- 10mg tablet (6 at night)
2) Topamax- 100mg tablet (1 at night)
3) Magnesium- 500mg (1 at night)
Although these are for migraines they say they could also help the PN and other issues.

As for the Lidoderm Patches, I do have those, but I can never figure out how to put them to get relief- I tried putting them on the places where the pain is, but no go- where do you put yours that seems to help?