I had the same kind of debilitating pain and ache, that never went away. They have thrown everything at me and finally they got one for me that REALLY works well. They said it is an older medicine like penicillin, also like penicillin it is the best. He said they don't use it anymore because pharmaceutical sales went in another direction. It is an NSAID, but the way it works is different. It gets into the synovial fluid. MY ESR was extremely high and is only 3 now on this drug. It is called Voltaren. You need a script as it is not on the shelves.