"i had 17 surgeries on hands,arms,elbows,and shoulders,11 on the right side the rest on left side, i have very chronic pain nerve damage on both hands elbows,arms and shoulders, i take 1 nucynta and 2 roxicodone every 6 hour,the pain is about a 10 real bad and when i take this meds goes down to around 5 or 6,it helps a lot, i would recommend this, i&#039;m disable it help me to function wish it would help more but doesn&#039;t have to much side effects, i&#039;ve been taking them for a few years you get some nausea but take sofran for that, what i don&#039;t like is the government trying to tell us to cut down, i take 4 nucyntas and 6 roxicodone a day,thats the most i can cut down to,because of my chronic pain,the people that are hurt are the ones that suffer."