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Methadone.
It is an amazing analgesic, even at low doses.
For instance, I used to take 100 MG of oxycodone a day and can achieve the same pain relief with 20 MG of methadone.
For comparison, someone entering methadone treatment for opioid addiction is typically started at 160 MG of methadone.
A bonus is that [at least at my dose] it does not make you feel high -- at all -- so you will not become addicted. I did choose to discontinue it once and withdrawal was a bitch, even when managed, but I got through it. It is apparently harder to withdrawal from methadone than heroin, but that may not be a concern if it is chronic pain.
Free History Lesson: Hitler's people invented methadone during WWII when the Nazi's had a hard time procuring pain killers. It is synthetic and has been around a very long time. It tricks your brain into thinking it is an opioid.
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