I find it very helpful. It doesn't so much relieve the pain as it shifts my focus from the pain, so I guess that's important to throw out there. When I was prescribed vicoden as well, I found I was able to take less vicoden when I paired it with the medical marijuana. I find, for pain management (I also use it recreationally) I need to use the edible forms, and I can't use edibles every day or they loose efficacy for me, but, everyone is different. The medical marijuana also helps me control my depression and anxiety. Edibles can be very strong, even for experienced users, so always start with a LOW DOSE. You can always take more...the people working in the dispensaries are usually pretty knowledgeable about starting dosages and products, so use them as a resource. Cannabis use dates back 2500 years without a single recorded overdose, so while you may not necessarily enjoy the dose, you will most definitely live another day either way... Definitely worth a shot. I personally believe melatonin supplements to be quite dangerous. It's a hormone that your body makes naturally to help you sleep. When you take melatonin, your body, which is very efficient by nature, says "Making hormones is hard. Since you're taking extra, I'll just stop making them" and then the brain's sleep wake hormone production is all out of whack for however long, so you take MORE melatonin because you can't sleep, which causes your brain to stop making melatonin... it's a vicious cycle and probably closer to "addictive" than most other drugs that word is applied to. Just my 2 cents...