I'm ex-military and in my experience, the military docs are notoriously conservative when it comes to pain medications. 5mg every 4-6 hours is probably baseline for pain after a spinal surgery. Your surgery was a multilevel fusion, so I would think you may need something stronger at least in the short term. Let me say again that I am not a doctor, but I am a patient of multiple spinal procedures so my opinion is from personal experience. The ER is your best bet if your surgeon is unwilling to find a way to get your pain under control.
Hang in there...
~Buckeyeback
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2009: L3-4, L4-5 failed Microdiscectomy and "Accurascope" procedures
2010-2011: Multiple ESI's, Spinal Decompression Therapy
Nov 7th 2012: 2 Level (L3/4, L4/5) M6L with Dr. Clavel in Barcelona, Spain
July 17th 2013: L4/5 bone spur removal with Dr. Clavel
April 2019: L5/S1 Microdiscectomy/Foraminotomy
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