What is the strongest pain medication I can take for chronic back pain?

I've been put on Cymbalta works great for chronic pain of all types back , fibromyalgia, nerve, osteoarthritis, arthritis, muscle it takes about 4 to 6 weeks to start working.

Try Nucynta. It was a godsend for me. Good luck

A pain patch might be a good option for you. Butrans patches tend to work really well for a lot of people and have far fewer side affects than some of the other pain patches on the market and as well as orally ingested narcotics. The nice thing about the Butrans patch is that you only have to change it once per week and comes in quite a few different strengths. If you try that patch and it doesn't work well enough for you, you may still be able to take a shorter acting oral pain med like you are now and if that still doesn't help you might want to try another pain patch. There are many different kinds of pain patches out there that you could use and I would strongly encourage you to explore different pain patches as options because a pain patch keeps a "steady" level of medication in your body at all times. I find that getting your pain under control is the hardest part but once it's under control (down to a manageable level) it is much easier to maintain that level of relief. Hope this helps!

I had a double bone fusion of the L5, S1 Nov 2010 and I am still having severe pain. I am now seeing a pain doctor and I am on Opana ER (which is a synthetic Morphine) and Oxycodone that I can take every 4 hours. I am not sure if you can take these because you've had heart problems you can ask.
I am still having a considerable amount of back pain and I am at the end of my rope. This medicine may help you, for me, it takes the "edge" off.
Good luck!
Jen

I love reading posts that some habve no clue on what they are talking about. I know i'm way late but had to throw my two cents in. First of all, percocet is not like hydrocodone, that is vicodone. Oxycodone is percocet just to clarify things. And yes this is what you should try. Percocet comes in many different miligrams and is great for pain.

do not take opana the with draw sickness is torture. you freeze and sweat badly. you have it running from both ends.

you should probably go on the percoset 15mg or 30mg based on tolerance and if you have been on lortab 10I think one of these 2 would help you and maybe an ER oxycontin the percoset are just instant relief oxycontin... Hope this helps just go up gradually til you find something that helps the pain

I suffer with back pain as well, it has been almost two years since I was given it so I don't remember the name but my cardiologist had me given a shot, the medications is put into the muscle and when you feel pain all you do is rub your arm. The medication stay there for just about a month. You will know that you been given the right medication 5 minutes after the shot because it will burn for the next fifteen minutes like someone put a branding iron to your arm. I have not had a bad back pain since.

Percocet and loratab's are pretty much the same medication, just tell your doctor that it is not helping anymore and that you are having to take more of them than you used to and then discuss what kinds of stronger medications you can take that won't effect your heart or interact with your other meds!!! I know quite a few people that went through the same thing so after a discussion with your dr and some research your dr should be able to help!!! Just remember don't not tell your doctor if the new meds he gives you makes you feel funny or they are too strong or about the same as what u are on now...

If the back pain is nerve pain you can try one of the following:
percocet
morphine sulfate immediate release
morphine sulfate extended release

If the pain is from the musculature you do NOT want to use opiods. You want to use an anti=inflamatory drug.
Good Luck.

RH

Unfortunately I am not sure for your exact question. The stongest drug I was sent home with was oxycotine. Now I am on a Fentnly patch. I have Epilepsy and 10 brain seizures after the doctors found I had stage 3 Brain cancer.

The strongest mess you can get for pain is OxyContin ,oxycodone,and hydrocodien

Lortab is fairly lightweight when compared to some others. It's hydrocodone and Tylenol and I would pay attention to how much Tylenol and aspirin you're ingesting. A couple of years on the same dose is usually going to cause less effectivity because we build tolerance over time, and 2 years is a long time. Just tell your Doc what you're taking isn't helping as much anymore and hopefully he'll change it.

Ask your Dr about neurotin or tramadol same med