I am so tired of taking precription pain meds. I feel the addiction of them now after 5 years of taking them consistantly, but I have a buldging disk in my lower back that hurts constantly. I used to only take 3 lortabs a day, now its getting to where one lortab does nothing for the pain. My doctor has prescribed me duregesic patches (50mg) that hardly work, two help alot but she only want me wearing one. My tolerance to lortabs and pains meds is so high nothing help much anymore.
Over the past few months, I have started to worry that the lortabs could harm my liver. I also worry about if alot of the back pain is caused from my tolerance to pain decreasing from the pills.. Should I seek help to get off them completely? If so, how can I deal with the pains in my lower back? I am sick of taking pills, sick of worrying over running out (too painful without them)... but I cant handle the back pain without them. any suggestions?