Originally Posted by
dtknowles
This is not true. My primary care doctor prescribed the Norco's when I went to him even before I got the CAT Scan that showed my kidney stone and the Urologist refilled them when I went to his office. I never went to a pain management specialist. You need to go to the pain management specialist if you have chronic pain as opposed to acute pain. They don't worry so much if you are only going to need pain meds for a few weeks or a month or so. If you are going to be in pain for the rest of your life they want you to consider alternative treatments for your pain. If you are going to be taking opioids or opiates for the rest of your life you will become addicted, you will develop a tolerance for the drugs and will need higher and higher dosages to get relief.
Tim