A kidney stone hurts like an M’ er F’er NO matter what you do!
Suck it up... drugs are worse. stones pass... stupid DR.’s with drugs DO NOT PASS
Kidney stones are a factor in the invention of drugs. After working a urology unit and also giving childbirth it is my oinion that kidney stones are as if not more painful and with a non productive outcome so to speak.
demerol for a few days in the hospital is absolutely harmless. Don’t let the guy out for a pass to go to a boting station.
Just for info, demerol is just great for relaxing the ureter, allowing that awful kidney srone to passm after which there is no more pain and absolutely no need for further pain meds above acetomenophen or aspirin.
That has to be one of the most brazenly false statements I have ever seen on FR. You have obviously never had a kidney stone, or, you had one and were never given painkillers for it, or the painkillers you were given were not enough to do the job. When I had my kidney stone I went from pain so bad I was vomiting my guts out, to absolute bliss after an injection of hydromorphone. That was followed with hydromorphone pills every two hours, not as effective but a lot better than nothing at all.
"Suck it up"? I don't think so, not when there is a safe alternative. You are welcome to though if you believe drugs are worse than severe pain. We should always have the option and never be forced to take any drugs.
Thank God for painkillers.