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Two Doctors In Two Months?

Okay, so, I'm not sure if this is exactly the right place to go, but I found this website off a search engine and found some of the answers to be helpful. I am 20 years old, and I do not abuse drugs. I have, however, had a generous number of prescription pain medications in the past few months. Mainly, for oral surgery, as I had an impacted wisdom tooth that was infected.
My oral surgery was a little over a week ago. I also have problems with tendonitis in my right foot, and I have been experiencing pain and tightness in the arch of my foot so I saw a doctor at an urgent care center for a podiatrist referral and temporary pain management until I could be seen. I do not abuse drugs (I'm not in denial; I simply have no interest in taking something with more Tylenol than narcotic and winding up on dialysis), but I am concerned that because I was given pain meds so close together, that I will be "red flagged". Any thoughts? I'd be willing to take a drug test or whatever is needed, I just don't want to end up not being able to be treated properly for pain when I have it.
And, for reference, what brought this up was an article in a magazine. Maybe I'm naive, but I just need thoughts/opinions. Thanks guys :)
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Two doctors in two months is reasonable and not beyond what is considered usual or acceptable. But, when there's more than that or the rx's overlap,there can be a problem.
It does beg the question though:  If you had pain med and were taking them only as prescribed and on a prn basis, why did you need the second rx? It's certainly fine to use one for the other;you don't need a second rx...
You should be fine.
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Oh, and by the way? I take my meds AS PRESCRIBED, and piggyback them with extra strength Ibuprofen, Indocin, or Naprocen.
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