I have had osteoarthritis for 15 years +, and cannot seem to get satisfactory pain relief: I live on a cocktail of medications, physio, but am, to me at least getting worse. The main factor that is getting me angry is the lack of REAL sleep, waking every 2 hours to re-position, and can only sleep with medications such as valium, Prozac,and endep, which is an un-natural sleep, and hence feel, not only sore and stiff, but drugged and foggy in the morning, and all I want to do is go back to bed and sleep, sleep, sleep. I am frustrated with my life as I have always enjoyed working, with the outside interactions, but am now un-reliable as I don t know from one day to the next how I am going to feel. OA is hereditary in my paternal side with two aunts suffering greatly, and some of my siblings have a small degree of same. Can you give me any up-to-date news for me to mention to my rheumatologist/gp? Thankyou