Pffff. I stoped taking pain meds while I was still in the hospital. Not because the pain went away, but because I started to get pretty sick. I take some alieve from time to time, but if I seem to have a really low tolerance for any medication. I have never been much of a pill person. Daily pains are surprisingly easy to get used to after a while. They suck, but it becomes part of life. I just put it in the back of my mind.