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DONNA, I AM NOT SURE WHO YOU WERE WRITING TO BUT FOR PAIN I TAKE VICODIN. I ALSO TAKE NEURONTIN FOR FEET AND HANDS (BURNING) AND MIRAPEX FOR MUSCLE SPASMS. I TAKE XANAX TO HELP ME COPE WITH STRESS AND PAIN. I AM ALSO ON 3 MGS OF PREDNISONE (DOWN FROM 60 AND COUNTING!). I KNOW MY PAIN WILL INCREASE AS I COME OFF THE PREDNISONE BUT SO FAR SO GOOD. NOT THAT I DO NOT HAVE PAIN, BUT THERE ARE DAYS I JUST PUT UP WITH IT. I FIND PUSHING MYSLEF IS THE BEST PAIN HELP. ONCE I BEGIN MOVING THE PAIN LEVEL DECREASES, UNLESS ALL PAIN IS PRESENT THEN I JUST REST. I WAS ON OXYCONTIN A FEW MONTHS BACK. OH YEAH, IT TAKES ALOT OF THE PAIN AWAY, BUT I SLEPT DAY AND NIGHT WITH IT AND BECAME VERY DEPRESSED. I HAD TO STOP TAKING IT. A DECISION I MADE ON MY OWN. GOOD LUCK, I HOPE YOU FIND SOME PAIN HELP. TAKE CARE, CAREN