On the first visit, a pain management doctor will ask you questions about your pain symptoms. He or she may also look at your past records, your medication list, and prior diagnostic studies (X-ray, MRI, CT). It helps if you bring any prior, available studies (X-rays, CT scans, MRIs).

Norco (hydrocodone / acetaminophen) Dilaudid (hydromorphone) is a powerful pain reliever that has significant risks for abuse and overdose. Treats moderate to moderately severe pain.

If you violate the rules within a pain contract, you may be blacklisted by your doctor, and will most likely no longer receive any medication from them. In turn, you’ll also have a much harder time finding a doctor willing to take you on as a patient.

A urinalysis is used to detect and manage a wide range of disorders, such as urinary tract infections, kidney disease and diabetes. A urinalysis involves checking the appearance, concentration and content of urine. Abnormal urinalysis results may point to a disease or illness.

The urine drug test usually screens for:

• amphetamines.
• methamphetamines.
• benzodiazepines.
• barbiturates.
• marijuana.
• cocaine.
• PCP.
• methadone.

People can prepare for a urine test or other medical procedure by drinking more water and not urinating immediately before seeing the doctor.

Results. Caffeine and its metabolites were detectable in the urine of most persons, generally at concentrations ≥1 μmol/L.

To the best extent possible, avoid using vitamins, coffee, alcoholic beverages, salt and vanilla-containing foods for at least 24 hours before you start collecting the 24-hour urine and during the entire collection period.

DO NOT EAT the following foods for 72 hours prior to and during the collection period: avocados, bananas, butternuts, cantaloupe, dates, eggplant, grapefruit, hickory nuts, honeydew, kiwi fruit, melons, nuts, pecans, pineapple, plantain, plums, tomatoes, walnuts, or substances containing caffeine or nicotine.

Why might I need a 24-hour urine collection? A 24-hour urine collection helps diagnose kidney problems. It is often done to see how much creatinine clears through the kidneys. It’s also done to measure protein, hormones, minerals, and other chemical compounds.

Do not drink coffee or tea, or take Vitamin C, or eat spinach, chocolate or rhubarb for at least 48 hours before the collection period. For proper evaluation of tests on a 24-hour urine sample, it is important that a complete and accurate collection is made.

The normal range for 24-hour urine volume is 800 to 2,000 milliliters per day (with a normal fluid intake of about 2 liters per day). The examples above are common measurements for results of these tests. Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories.