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I have severe back pain caused by severe scoliosis. I’m 76
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I had a 60 degree curve at the age of 64 and elected to have surgery with rods and screws to correct it because I was in terrible pain and my internal organs were starting to be affected. I have been on hydrocodone, a muscle relaxer, and gabapentin ever since, but I do have a better quality of life. Tylenol is not your answer to pain control. Hope you can find some answers.
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Tylenol does nothing at all for real pain. In my area, Tramadol is what we get, and it does not help real pain, but it helps my fibromyalgia, so I take it. One of my doctors told me several years ago that Tramadol is NOT an opioid! It was created to use in place of opioids. Yet it was added to the opioid list several years ago so they can control it also. Asprin does much more, but I have ulcers, so cannot take Insaids. Like someone else said; they do not want to make us well; just keep "treating" symptons.