Guest guest Posted July 10, 2000 Report Share Posted July 10, 2000 In a message dated 07/10/2000 12:03:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time, MiniGastricBypass (AT) egroups (DOT) com writes: > Does anyone know what pain medication it is safe to take within the two weeks > before surgery? Sara- I have had the worst headache of my life for the last 3 days . . getting worse and worse and worse . . my surgery is in 10 days, so I didn't want to take any meds like the manual said . . it got to the point where I was on the verge of tears my head was hurting so badly that I finally called the Walgreens pharmacist and explained my situation, he told me Tylenol - but no more than 4 per DAY.( a far cry from my BC powder or 3 excedrin every 4 hours when headaches occur!) I have only taken 4 total and my head still hurts, but its bearable . .so I am trying to NOT take the tylenol except when I can't stand it anymore. If anybody else knows more . .or knows that I should not be taking Tylenol . .please post!!! 10 days and counting . . L. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 10, 2000 Report Share Posted July 10, 2000 L, I am getting a rebound headache just thinking about BC & Excedrin.You might want to talk to your PCP or Dr R.Both of those meds have enough caffein to be CAUSING your headaches from withdrawal, depending on how many you were taking/day.Especially ,if you have eliminated other caffein sources concurrently.I am unfortunately a wannabe ,therefore, cannot answer your actual question. Janet >From: TeacherGator@... >Reply-To: MiniGastricBypass (AT) egroups (DOT) com >To: MiniGastricBypass (AT) egroups (DOT) com >Subject: Re: Digest Number 1646 >Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 19:36:57 EDT > >In a message dated 07/10/2000 12:03:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time, >MiniGastricBypass (AT) egroups (DOT) com writes: > > > Does anyone know what pain medication it is safe to take within the two >weeks > > before surgery? > > >Sara- >I have had the worst headache of my life for the last 3 days . . getting >worse and worse and worse . . my surgery is in 10 days, so I didn't want to >take any meds like the manual said . . it got to the point where I was on >the >verge of tears my head was hurting so badly that I finally called the >Walgreens pharmacist and explained my situation, he told me Tylenol - but >no >more than 4 per DAY.( a far cry from my BC powder or 3 excedrin every 4 >hours >when headaches occur!) I have only taken 4 total and my head still hurts, >but >its bearable . .so I am trying to NOT take the tylenol except when I can't >stand it anymore. If anybody else knows more . .or knows that I should not >be >taking Tylenol . .please post!!! 10 days and counting . . > > L. ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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