Liza

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You're right, hip surgey can cause some major pain. Have you ever tried taking a

medication you are allergic too and regularly taking benadryl or atarax to

decrease the reaction. You wouldn't want to try this if the reaction is

anaphylaxis. I too am allergic to most pain medication and a pile of other

stuff. I go to the Environmental Medicine Clinic here in Nova Scotia (peopel

travel across the country to come here), When I started takingthe oxycontin, I

got the blotchy rash, low grade fever and mild resp problems. Since I was

laready allergic to Morphine, demerol and the skin adhesive in the duragesic

patches. I thought " my bloody crazy body isn't ruining this for me too " and I

regularly took benadryl with it. After a week I would actually take it with

occasional benadryl and after two weeks I never had a problem with it. I have

been taking it for five years. I was just thinking if it wasn't a severe

reaction, it might be possible to either block the reaction with something or

using low doses of the pain med they planned to try and use the benadryl as I

did might slowly desensitize you. Also, I used something called Tri-salts which

I find works best for allergies related to ingestion (like a food or a pill that

is swallowed. It does't help as much for an insect bite or something that was

injected. The drug store here makes it - I don't know if it is a common compound

that others would have the instructions for. You just mix it in water and drink

it. I think it cost about $12 Canadian

Also most hospitals have an acute pain service, usually run by anesthesia. I

expect you would see anesthesia in a preadmission clinic with all those

allergies. This would be the best person to ask about pain control post-op.

Hope this is helpful

Joyce