Distraction. Anything you can do to put your attention someplace other than where it hurts, will help.

it may sound silly but video games are great for this. they have probably saved my life on more than one occasion.

meds? you pretty much have to accept that you are going to have to learn to live with a certain amount of pain.
they won't take it all away.
and if they do, there will be a cost for it you may not want to pay.
what I did was back off my meds as far as I could. use as little as possible. when it go bad, I'd raise it untill i could handle it again.
just cut back slowly.