Pain relief for osteoarthritis of knee

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Emmamillie
Emmamillie Member Posts: 7
edited 10. Jul 2025, 15:27 in Living with Arthritis archive

What is best pain medication,I have got dihydrocodeine,but this doesn’t help anymore ,I have severe osteoarthritis in my knee ,I dread getting up in the morning

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  • alexander1
    alexander1 Member Posts: 70

    I have tramadol which is another opioid you could try naproxen for inflamation paracetamol and to help night time I have 30mg of amitripoline at 5-6pm seems to work best.


    do you use Ibrugel? And also TENs machine can disrupt the pain signals which as least reduce the constant nerve pain from the joint.


    i also sleep with a memory foam knee pillow that does help.


    have you had a steroid injection yet or X-rays. Do you need a new one?

  • Emmamillie
    Emmamillie Member Posts: 7

    Hi yes I’ve had the injection in the past ,I take amitriptline already and naproxen ,just wondered if tramadol would be better

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