yes you can go and ask but they are not supposed to give you it unless you have the perscription.. and the ones you can get without dont do anything to you. well they do but you dont feel anything like a high like you do with the stronger pain killers.
did it not scare you that you where one level away from kidney failiure and your taking the pain killers that would ruine your kidneys? but once you realise the problem its easier to put a stop to it depending on the strength of the pills. even the ones i was taking for kidney stones where strong i would eat them 4 at a time. but stopped after a few packs which had like 100 in the pack or so.
you can also buy the pills online to very cheap.
am glad to hear you gained your health without losing a kidney. you get used to taking th epain killers and the high it gives you. if i was able to get hold of them as you did i probably would of lost it to and took them non stop for longer period of time.