I sufer from all the sympton you have listed but mostley down right leg have had an x ray and mri my hips are not in line and i have been measured for a special chair, I have a herniated disk causung all this pain as it is at the exit of the nerves been on different pain patches but BiTrans seem to work best along with codridamal.

Was looking for information on BuTran5 which I have been on for a few weeks, just wondering what other meds I can take  alongside wearing these patches, and fell on this webpage.  I read your story with interest as I can relate to it.  I have been suffering with pain for nearly 10 years now, I have always suffered with backache so it was assumed that I had a back problem and I believed this to be the case.  I have had several MRI scans that only show normal wear and tear for my age (now 54).  Had knees Xrays as they hurt too, but nothing out of the ordinary showed up on these xrays. I have had facet joints in my back injected (very painful) and I was advised by one specialist to have my spine fused - which I would not have done - they very thought makes me feel worse than ever.  April I decided that I needed a hip xray, so I asked my Doctor to refer me, he asked why I thought I needed one and I simply said 'because my hip and groin hurt & I have had everything else xrayed and nothing has been found to be wrong' so he did, I had the xray the same day and within a week the results from the Xray were back with my Doctor.  I was shocked to hear that the xrays showed that my left hip was in such a bad way that I would need a total hip replacement, then he said 'But you won't get one - you are too young!  Double wammy - you need one yet you cannot have one - where is the logic in that.  Within 4 weeks I saw the Specialist, and he asked how I was, I said 'in pain' but I want you to understand that I have a confirmed back problem - and he said 'You have a back problem because you have a hip problem'.  All this suffering I have been through, why did someone not make the connection sooner, cos looking at the xrays this hip problem is not new, I have no cartlidge between the socket and ball, and the specialist said if I was not so skinny I would have been bedbound by now.  It would appear that a Groin pain is a good indicator to have hip problems.  So I am having my surgery 19th July - see you cannot trust your Doctors- there was no question about me having this Op - the Surgeon said there is no other choice - whilst I an scared, I cannot wait to be pain free for the first time in a Century.  Get your hips checked out !!  

Still wondering what to take with these Butran5 patches, and Yes I have found them to only work for 5 days and not the stated 7 days, Day 6 was crippled and could not walk, so I change them every 5 days now - not pain free yet - but one day soon I hope.  I hope that all you suffers out them get a diagnose to your problems - keep pestering the Doctors until you are pain free - Good Luck  Polly54