"i have recently been diagnosed with degenerative disc disease.  my doctor first prescribed muscle relaxers (flexeril and skelaxin) to no avail.  he then tried me on some anti-inflammatories, no help.  then, he gave me tramadol.  no help.  i saw him the other day and he gave me percocet 5/325.  this gave me lots of relief.  the nagging pain is still there but i can do a little more than i could on the other medications.  there is no way i could do physical therapy with it."