>Oh, yes, and I'm also on a pain medication that carries a risk of
>addiction (albeit not, I believe, an opiate-level risk). So that'll
>be fun when I run out of it; either I'll discover I'm hooked (not
>looking forward to finding out how you make this determination, if it
>happens), or I won't be able to get any more to Prevent Abuse, but my
>knee will still hurt.
>
>--G.
Have your doctor proscribe Ketoprofen for the pain. It is in the same family as Ibuprofen (Advil), but much stronger and non-habit forming.

If you have a compounding pharmacy near by, you can get smaller than 200 MG made. But with your level of pain the 200 MG might be OK to start.

Thanks!

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