<s>[INST] HI, I have been suffering from extremely painful intercostal neuritis for years after a surgery removing my intestines because they were twisted. Im going to pain mgmt now and because I got pain meds from my family doctor until I could find other help, they wont take over the pain meds. Why? Should I look for a new dr. thanks [/INST] Hello,The whole point of pain management is to manage pain. In particular nerve pain has different drugs than narcotics that can not only help the pain better but really make it go away in many cases.In injured nerves, the prognosis for non-narcotic treatment is quite good with way better than 50 % having the pain more or less controlled by simple nerve pills like anti-epileptics at low doses. This might also be helped by lidocaine if the nerve is near the skin surface.Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. </s>