Lidoderm patches take the edge off the pain doesn't get rid of it.
vicoden takes the edge off the pain use as needed when in extreme pain.
I'm still looking it's been ten years and I've tried all kinds but I'm med sensitive.

even the patches cause me to breakout so I use them every other day and I'm limited to one for facial pain. I also have alot of other health problems so I have to be careful of drug interactions and how they may affect the other health problems

Mostly I use meditations (youtube and others) and distractions

I have lidoderm patches also. They help a little bit and actually if it wasn't for them right now I would be in the ER for the pain. I am given 2 darvocet and I vicodin a day and the pain people don't even want me to take them. I have all the weird side effects from all the new wonder drugs for fibro too. Savella has been the last one I tried. Awful nausea, headache, agitation and insomnia from it. I get trigger point injections in my neck/shoulder area. Lasts anywhere from 3-6 weeks.
I try to keep positive attitude and also try to focus on something else like a book, tv, pc, or a task so I can not dwell on pain.

I use the Fentanyl 12mgh patch,and for break-through pain Norco 10.I also use the Lidoerm &FLECTOR patches...this is for the most part, my lower back...but i have knots in each of my arms and my neck...I'm having such a time just doing this post,been like this a few weeks now...Dang Brain FOG!!!!Sorry, hope i helped just alittle.HUGS to All Beck

Vicoden doesn't help and neither does tramadol.

I take a combo of Cymbalta and Lyrica. I take vicodin when I have a flare.

When it is bad I take percocet.

tried lidoderm with out any results...but lortabs are my life savers as well as lyrica,cumbalta,and soma.....i do not abuse but i have to do what keeps me out of paim so i can take care of my family

In 10 months of searching for diagnosis and treatment, not a single medical professional was willing to give me a prescription for ANY kind of pain med. They acted as if I was a drug addict and told me to take ibuprofen, which was useless. Finally a new doctor gave me an RX for Ultram, and it helps enormously.

delaudid was helpful and so was percoset. I get used to the meds and they stop working. Flexeril helped out a lot too. Now i have been taking hydrocodone but the doctor refuses to write another script and doesn't care if i am suffering in pain. They treat you like a drug addict and I am not.

I would suggest Lymphatic Drainage Therapy, a non-drug solution to a lot of fibromyalgia pain. Look for someone trained in this method. It activates the part of your vervous system that counteracts the pain signals. You can learn to do it on yourself, as well, and can use it almost all of the time

Tramadol. It works almost as well morphine did but I could not move my bowels easily on morphine and I was more tired and depressed.

have you been tested for vit. d ?