Pain relief when opioids don’t work

Hi all, for years I was prescribed co-codamol for the pain in my knees. Whilst in hospital for another reason they refused to give me any painkillers but I discovered I felt no different without them as with them so I didn’t bother anymore. Then, when I had a TKR they could not manage my pain even with morphine. So it appears that I am ‘immune’ to opioids. My doctors have just said there’s nothing they can do but I have arthritis in virtually every joint and am in so much pain all the time that I’m beside myself. Has anyone been prescribed anything else that helps. I was referred to the pain clinic about 9 months ago but still heard nothing, they just say there’s a long waiting list.

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