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There are pain alternatives. There are medications out there with less risk of addiction. You need to share your concerns with your doctor.
Further, have surgical treatments, like lithotripsy, been discussed? Have they looked into causes for persistent stone formation? Have you asked to have your parathyroid checked? How much water are you drinking? Has your doctor considered putting you on calcium channel blockers to relax your ureters and make the stones easier to pass?
I had kidney stones a couple of years ago now, and yeah, they were super painful. My husband's grandmother has been dealing with stones recently, and has had to have two lithotripsy procedures because her stones were too large to pass. She has some other nerve pain issues beyond the stones, and has dealt with an addiction to narcotic painkillers, so I know that there are alternatives to be had, since she has had to avail herself of them.
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