HI my name is Christopher I hurt my back when I was 16 im 39 now.ive been taking methadone for the last 10 years although ive been off it and clean nearly 5 months. while I was using heroin and later taking methadone my back never bothered me but since I came off methadone my back and knee's have been killing me. I've tried all the over the counter drugs and some mild painkillers they don't do any good. my mother uses oxycotin and tramadol for artritis I've occasionally used some of her's but I would amagine some doctors would be wary of giving me either of them drugs because of my addiction with opiates