Hi Roxie.....I feel for you as I too have that pain at the 10 level everyday & nothing seems to work for relief. I have had my PN for .....it will be 9 yrs. this coming Aug.. It has progressed so badly in the last 24 months that I am in bed pretty much full time now. We have tried every med under the sun plus epidurals & nothing has worked.

Today I'm back to the Neurologists, been seeing him a yr. & we just keep trying different meds. Meanwhile I have suffered like hell with this pain just getting worse & worse. Today I am going to get a spinal tap & another nerve conduction study. I'm going to ask him about the patches & see if I can try those.