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I have tried every urologist on my HMO's list and they are all the same. There are no laws, in my state, that I know of that give me a right to pain meds. I left the last urologist's office crying after he dialated me and still all he was willing to prescribe were the dye meds that make me throw up and don't work anyway. *sigh*

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I'm not sure what condition you suffer from, but it sounds like you are talking about either a UTI, or some kind of kidney problem ... unfortunately, narcotic painkillers are rarely prescribed for this kind of pain because hydro does a number on your kidneys and also dehydrates you (=bad for kidneys).

I am a male, and believe it or not, I had a kidney infection about 5 years ago (complication from kidney stones because I used to drink a lot of milk). It was awful - it made my whole lower abdomen (bladder area), back (kidneys) and male member just ache and throb with pain ... not to mention that it felt like I had to take a leak at every minute of the day (whether I had to or not), and when I did, it felt like my jimmy had turned into a flame thrower; as if gasoline were coming out.

Nevertheless, what I wanted to say was, I had some narcotic pain medication for my TMJ and migraines, and believe me I took them when I had the kidney infection - they didn't do a thing, not even once - I later found out that they probably made my problem worse. The only thing that seemed to help a little was those OTC AZO pills.

Bottom line is, you're probably not going to get any real adequate relief for a UTI or kidney problem because they just don't seem to make anything for it that significantly kills the pain, in my experience. You're certainly not going to get something like hydro for something like that.

Best of luck to you,

indecline

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