Talk to your pain specialist about patches. I am on the duragesic patch which the narcotic is fentynal. The patches are changed every 3 days & you don't have the waves of pain that come from taking the pills & I don't have any break through pain which for me was awesome because before I got onto the high dose of the patches, the pain was a continuous 10....I couldn't function but just lay in bed in a dark room.

There is supposedly a new patch that has come out. Not sure the medication that it is but it's for pain & is changed every 7 days (even better than every 3).....only time I do have problems is in the summer when I get really hot....it makes the patch absorb quicker & then it runs out exactly on day 3....most of the time I can get at least 4 days out of the 3 day patch.....sure beats taking pills