both legs constant pain never stopping even with pain meds

@loyd1957 I think your point about a statin causing or contributing to this leg pain is a good one. If you are taking the statin, stop taking it for a few days and see what happens, and be sure when taking it, to take it in the AM, not before bedtime.

You could try meloxicam 15 mg or tramadol 50 mg and up. Those should be helpful.

@charliegirl Thank you for kind recommendations. The Calm by Natural Vitality sounds good because my sleep time could be a lot better. I have been reading lots of articles and comments on message boards about neuropathy. I have pain in my shins and ankles. It could be tendintus or neuropathy although I don't have pins and needles, I have a burning or vice grip feeling that started after I turned the tension up on my exercise bicycle and a couple weeks later it started. I need to find out the reason I have pain. Right now I am taking Vitamin 23 , 5000 methylated; and magnesium 200. According to articles and message boards it takes awhile for nerves to heal if it is neuropathy. I hope your days ahead are better too. I will be looking for your sleep aid and hope it helps me too....we are all different but sometimes heal the same.

Unfortunately I have the same condition. The meds don’t help, surgery didn’t help. Still trying to remedy to no avail

@ginger123 update… Had spine injections, and waiting for it to settle. Ortho surgeon said hip will need replacing. He doesn’t like hip injections … no PRP or steroids….. Thinking that’s from a surgeon’s standpoint… I’d like to try NSAIDS, PT and an eventual injection before getting a replacement.
Question: How long to wait before getting a replacement?

@rponcelet please tell us your age, your condition (exercised/overweight/fragile/healthy) , the things (pain management YOU HAVE TRIED), the surgeries you've had, the MRI's you've taken (or xrays), the doctors you've seen, how many years you've been experiencing the pain, and the medicine you have tried. You are stabbing in the dark here with no direction known!

I had a back surgery December 12. Everything was fine for three weeks. Then I started to have shooting pains down my left leg and went back to the doctor at Methodist Hospital. They just keep pushing you off it has gotten so bad I can’t sleep in a bed or sit in a chair told a lot of pain. Thank God I have my wife to help me I was very physical fit, except my back hurt before wish. I never had a surgery.

I have had constant leg and foot pain for over 15 years now. Back surgeries, physio and buckets of medication did not help it go away. Couldn’t sleep and like you sitting and laying down only made the pain worse. Was in great shape and I still do a limited exercise program and that time when I am exercising I can almost forget the pain.
The only thing that helped was TENS. Even the cheapish ones you can buy in the pharmacy really helped. I found Dr. Ho’s worked the best because it gave you so much room for intensity and long sessions.
What I honestly saved my life was the implant of a neuro stimulator.
There are still occasions where I need to add an external TENS but at least now some nights I do get some sleep.

@ginger123 I had my left hip replaced in 2016 after suffering chronic pain with it. I couldn’t walk without limping, so that decided it for me. I didn’t want to be on ibuprofen the rest of my life.

@laughlin1947 I had an epidural, both sides of L5,S1. Going back this week for consult because of continued leg and knee pain. Never had knee pain before…. Doctor said if L5 injection didn’t take care of it, she may do an L4 shot. I also have left hip and groin pain, so it’s frustrating, and wish they’d find the source of pain…..