I am a 62 white/F. My C Reactive Protiene result is 5.4High. I have been diagnosed with arthritis in hips (1-hip replacement), shoulders, clavical/sternum joint, hands, wrists, neck and spine. I am in constant pain. Due to the high CRP result is this an extreme high or low high? My DR. has me on 1 tab. 15mg meloxicam daily for the past 8yrs. Should the meloxicam dosage take care of the amount of high result of the CRP test? The following pain medications were also prescribed at the same time (8yrs) but they were at higher doses and higher mg of morphine and she has been slowly reduced the dosages and strength. She still wants to continue to reduce until I am totally off of all Narcotics : 1- 15mg morphine 2xdaily and 1-5mg oxycodone/ACT 325mg 6-8hr intervals. If she takes me off of all the pain meds. what are other options available for pain management? I do realize the epidemic is extremely high but what about us people that aren t abusing these medications? This is a DR. with V.A. Hospital and my only medical coverage, therefore, I would greatly appreciate your opinion. Thanks, JL