# Ow, my hip!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-my-hip/720391>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 19, 2015, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-my-hip/720391 "2015-05-19T22:39:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-my-hip/720391/21 "2015-06-04T19:51:31Z")

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Has anybody done a urinalysis on you? Is pain worse if you drink a bunch of beer? Any blood in urine or cloudy urine?

Ureteral stone (passing kidney stone) could cause a similar constellation of symptoms. Most stones should have passed by now, but some larger ones (and even some small ones) need some professional help.

I only suggest it, because sometimes specialist only “see what they see”. (If you are a hammer, the world looks like a nail)

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**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ow-my-hip/720391/22 "2015-06-04T22:50:27Z")

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I had 2 docs tell me how great Gabapentin is and prescribed it.  
I now have 2 bottles of worthless pills.  
Another “seems to work for some” is Glucosamine/Chondroitin, on which the FDA did a study and pronounced worthless.  
Maybe if you ask for a drug by its chemical name, you’ll get points with the MD: Hydromorphone is Dilaudid; Hydrocodone is Vicodin.  
Don’t know the term for Demerol, but have never heard of tat being dispensed outside a hospital.  
Morphine sulfate ER in MS Contin, and oxycodone is Oxycontin (best not to mention due to extreme abuse).

Find another Ortho cutter - I would not trust one who is afraid of controlled substances - does he pass out aspirin post-op?

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