Why is my mom's doctor so mean?

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When she had kidney stones they wouldn't give her any pain medicine. Now she has pinkeye and they won't give her antibiotics. Seriously?

Find a new doctor?

Definitely find a new doctor, but in the meantime there are a couple otc pinkeye drops that can help. Just check with the pharmacist to make sure that they're appropriate for her first.

Has she seen the doctor for it? If so he may not be giving antibiotics because it's viril or from allergies instead of the bacterial kind. If it isn't the bacterial kind, antibiotics won't do any good.

I know of a home remidy for pinkeye that I used for my kids if you want it. I used it on my husband and myself when we caught it from them too.

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I'm giving it another shot. We will see.
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As for the first case, pain management of kidney stones is problematic. For patients who are not responsive to simple oral analgesics, often we are left with two pretty unsavoury options, the use of narcotics or the use of intravenous analgesics. The former present problems of dependency, the latter requires inpatient treatment.

I would have no reluctance to sign off on T3's to manage kidney stone pain, but I would not be happy signing off on more aggressive pain management until it was part of a clear program of treatment of the underlying condition. If your mother has a history of repeated stone formation, this issue becomes all the more problematic.

As for the second issue, OliveOilMom has hit the issue on the head. Conjuctivitis is a pretty non-specific presentation, and it's essential to understand the origin before deciding on a course of treatment. Not all cases of conjuctivitis are bacterial (most are viral), and antibiotics are medically contraindicated unless there is evidence of bacterial infection.

Only Tylenol 3 for kidney stones? I would still be screaming.

I've had kidney stones before, and I've also given birth with nothing for pain, several times. I don't have a low pain threshold. The pain from the kidney stones was the worst pain I've ever felt. I had to have a shot of demerol and phenergan to get any relief, and even that didn't take the pain completely way, it only made it bearable. Luckily I passed them the next day. They sent me home with some Tylox, which helped some but not as well as the Demerol in the ER. Of course the Demerol makes me sleep, so I slept through a good bit of the pain before passing them, which is one advantage. Unfortunately, the Tylox kept me awake so I was completely aware of the pain still being there, although not as severe.

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I'm giving it another shot. We will see.
My forum is still there and everyone is welcome to come join as well. There is a private women only subforum there if anyone is interested. Also, there is no CAPTCHA.

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I have found that pretty much all doctors are jerks.
Too much school just goes to their heads and they think they are better than everyone.