the pain is excruciating. One orthopedic surgeon I was going to said that the women patients he has that have given birth at some point in their lives and have badly herniated discs say the pain of a bad flareup is comparable to labor pains. Of course I have no way of knowing if that's true, I just know it is really bad.
I was prescribed Percocet for this back in 1999. I always have a bottle of the stuff. My current bottle was prescribed 3 years ago. The 2-3 flareups I have per year last from 2-5 days each. I end up taking around 15-25 pills a year. I don't need the pills between flareups.
Each new doctor I have had over the last 15 years, and there have been several because I have moved a couple of times, has given me grief about getting a Percocet prescription. I hate taking Percocet and for that reason, I like having it as my pain medication. I am never tempted to abuse it. I hate the way it feels other than the fact that it takes my pain away so I stop taking it at the first opportunity when an attack subsides.
I may go to a pain management doctor to find an alternative because of how difficult it has become to get Percocet, and because I am a little worried about pain relievers that have acetaminophen, which Percocet does in combination with a narcotic. I understand that pain relievers that have acetaminophen can cause liver and kidney issues.
But it is a shame that people who find relief with a given medication who are not abusing it have to go through all of this crap to get the medication that makes life liveable for them. 
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