@brambo What med works for one won't for another I've been on Tramadol since I fractured my back It's the only med that relieves the pain.Just because it doesn't work for you is no reason to tell others (it's a piece of crap) Walk in that persons shoes first .Each persons body is different.Have a good day

@brambo As with @lioness, tramadol worked for me after a knee replacement and after a hip fracture. It didn't eliminate the pain totally but it sure made it a lot more bearable. We all react to drugs differently. Hydrocodone helped with the pain but it kept me awake at night so I can't take that -- I literally lay in bed for hours staring at the ceiling.
JK

Hi there everyone I’m from Australia and this is my first post so be gentle with me. I had a Gastric Sleeve 13 years worked really well till they put me on Lyrica I put on a truck load of weight thanks to that drug. I have chronic back pain like you all a couple in the the neck and then from the start of the Ts through Ls to S1. I really take ownership of my pain after the Lyrica debacle I’ve been through a pain management clinic and learnt everything I can. But now when 1 of the so Health Specialists recommends something I go home and research the hell out of it first. For Instant sake I am having revision surgery done in 4 weeks for my Sleeve and I’m upgrading it to the Bypass and I wanted to know how it was going to effect the pain medication I take Palexia (Tapentadol). Which I take it 12 hourly most likely the way you all take your drugs as well not surprisingly know one could give me an answer. Because of what they do to your insides in the operation it changes how your slow release pain drugs are being absorbed cause they pass through your system so much faster. I’m lucky the Palexia I take does come in a instant release tablet that I can take 6 hourly and what I found while researching was it’s better to take it with food.

Doctor and other Health Workers just annoy me that they just do there bit and don’t worry about the finer points or side effects.
Hope I haven’t bugged everyone to much I mite do this again some time.