Somebody mentioned Motrin. Yes Motrin is good stuff.
During my knee surgery ordeal, I had a kindly nurse practitioner in the rehab clinic tell me that 2 extra strength Tylenol and 3 Motrin were just as effective as the Vicodin.
And after a few months I could tell I was getting hooked on that Vicodin. It would make a junkie weep, but I flushed twenty-four, ten mg Vicodin down the toilet one day that stuff was messing me up.

It is surprising how effective the Tylenol Motrin is. In fact I recently read a study where the Tylenol Motrin is just as good as Vicodin.