back pain
"I have worked in nursing most of my adult life.  I live with chronic arthritic low back pain.  My doctor started me on Hydrocodone 7.5/500 three times daily.  This worked well for a while, but it seems I built a tolerance to it.  My dosage was increased to 10/325mg four times daily.  I have never liked the fact I must take medicines just to function, so I would try to avoid taking them, which would only make the pain nearly unbearable.  Now I try to take them routinely so the pain does not get too out of control and it works very well."