I have been suffering with fibromyalgia and cfs for about eight years now. It started when I got Legionnaires disease which lasted six months instead of ten days. Over the course of time I have been using hydrocodone and Savella to control the pain. Unfortunately the pain continues to increase steadily and I find that what really relieved my pain several years ago is now inadequate to control it. I currently take 5-6 hydrocodone daily (which has been one of the few drugs to actually bring me relief) and 2 Savella, 1 in the morning and one in the evening. I do not want to go back up on the hydro [I used to take eight a day, but got down to three at one point.] Is there another drug that would have more of an impact on the pain, but wouldn t be as harmful as 8 hydro a day?