I was okay with my back pain back when my PC could prescribe anything he needed to prescribe for his patients. Then the dea rolled in and decided that opioids were bad for EVERYBODY and all of the docs stopped prescribing it. I went 5 years with tylenol, which seemed useless and after crying in my neurologists office he referred me to a pain management specialist down the hall. I am one of the lucky ones, I have been on the same dose of hydrocodone with tylenol every 8 hours. Never miss a dose and be faithful about the every 8 hours thing. I set an alarm to remind me to take it. I have some good days and a lot of bad ones. All I can say is find a pain management doctor who will give you what you need.