Hi I am on no narcotics or opiates and many of the pain specialists I have seen that are supposed to be well known with RSD such as Dr Stanton Hicks and Dr Carden feel the way you doc does about narcotics. I don't judge anyone who takes them though. Some days my pain is so high I wish I had something to take even an edge off. In the very start of my condition my neurologist rx me these and I used them on a rare occasion but I would say for a year plus have not taken 1. What I feel with this condition is that we all respond to things different and need different types of treatment for relief. I hope you get some relief with what ever treatment path you choose.