I have been swallowing pills since day two (day one was the PCA with morphine! Good stuff! LOL) in the hospital. I couldn't get or keep the liquid lortab down. Be sure to ask your Dr., but at almost 3 years out, I take : Oxycontin, Vicodin, Neurontin, and Ranitidine(for my stomach) I have Fibro, OA, RA, periphrial neuropathy, and am just about 3 weeks out from my second knee surgery in less than a year. If not for the meds, I literally would not be able to get out of bed in the morning. The Oxy is a time release-12 hour med, but I take the Vicodin to cover the 4-6 hour span that the Oxy has of drop off and restart between doses. (meaning the Oxy actually stays in my system for about 8-10 hours usually instead of the 12 that people with normal tummy's ) Hope this helps! Elizabeth

HI Melisa. Yes indead I am 3 months post op and my left hip and joint where hip meets my thigh bone are in pain. I just started water walking and regular walking. I have degenerative disk disease in my lower back which was there before sugery. I still am just worn out after any kind of physical exertion and I can not tollerate the heat well at all. It's 95 or higher here most days. I have noticed a change in my cartilage like it is really stiff and my muscles seem to get over worked and strained to easily. I really do not know what to do if anything at this point, Can't use anti inflamitories anymore so I suffer through it. Rose C.

Hello all, I'm a little over 3 weeks out and I have OA and a little RA. Ive been on neurontin, ultram, celebrex, and naproxen, my doctor had me to try lyrica, it worked great for P. neuropathy. My question is can we take pills that is not chewable? I getting ready to call my surgeon and ask him when I can have meds for this condition, I'm having leg and arm pain. Diabetes I believe is going. your help is appreciated, I am on liquid loratab but it only temperary. God bless, Pooky

Hi everyone this is my first poston this forum here and i am wondering has anyone had a cortosone shot? I have Osteoarthritis in both knees and I recieved a shot last week and I cannot SLEEP! I had 4 hours a sleep and I am WIDE awoke! The advice nurse told me to send an email to my Orthopedic Dr because I may been supersensitive to cortosone. Thanks in advance

Well Well!! Haven't heard from you for awhile!! I still haven't started the neurontin. I'm having a horrible time staying awake now, the fatigue is really bad, not sure why. I just want to sleep for days, not sure that adding another med that is going to make me tired is a good idea. Some other little item I just found out about, my B-12 levels last month are way high, the ref range is 199-732 my results are 968 don't know is that is a bad thing or not. Thanks for your input I DO appreciate it and hope you're doing well. Hugs Nut