Reply #10: I was in the ER two weeks ago with a bad kidney stone event

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They did a catscan and saw the stone trying to move down the ureter between the kidney and bladder, so they know I wasn't faking the pain. They gave me no pain meds or fluids while I was there (9 hours), but sent me home with a script for a small amount of percocet, just in case it started to move again. I was surprised when I went to have it filled and they filled the script with oxycodin. I haven't had to use it thankfully, but it's there if I need it. I was thinking I might store it in the fridge to slow the expiration. I don't know when this stone is going to act up again. Hopefully not for a long time ;)

My daughter had 4 impacted wisdom teeth removed this summer. Her dentist gave her a script for oxycodin which we never had filled. That just seemed like overkill to hubby and I. Apparently this is standard procedure for this doc. She had no pain and swelling that couldn't be handled just using 600 mg ibuprofin and ice.