Regarding Pain Medications in Hospital

[Guest guest]

, I too had an open Roux-en-Y and the anesthesiologist was

unable to connect an epidural. When I came out of surgery I tried

the morphine pump, and usually I can take morphine pills, but for

some reason the drip gave me very extreme headaches that were, for

me, worse than the surgical pain. I had to do without pain

medication for the next 4 days, as I refused the morphine drip and

was allergic to other pain medications.

The last day in the hospital (day 5) the head pharmacist visited me

with new information about a new long acting form of morphine (I had

trauma years ago and usually took 3 pills everyday at home for

extreme pain that I have in my back, neck & knees). He said the

doctor would give me a dose to see how I did, and it worked great.

The medication was named Avinza, 30 mg., and it comes in capsule

form...right after surgery I took the capsules apart and sprinkled

the " tiny pearl like " contents into a spoonfull of applesause and

swallowed it. This worked great and they hold you in less pain for

12 hours, so you only need to take one capsule, twice a day.

Talk to the doctor about Avinza, it just might save you days of pain

and silent suffering.

[Guest guest]

, I too had an open Roux-en-Y and the anesthesiologist was

unable to connect an epidural. When I came out of surgery I tried

the morphine pump, and usually I can take morphine pills, but for

some reason the drip gave me very extreme headaches that were, for

me, worse than the surgical pain. I had to do without pain

medication for the next 4 days, as I refused the morphine drip and

was allergic to other pain medications.

The last day in the hospital (day 5) the head pharmacist visited me

with new information about a new long acting form of morphine (I had

trauma years ago and usually took 3 pills everyday at home for

extreme pain that I have in my back, neck & knees). He said the

doctor would give me a dose to see how I did, and it worked great.

The medication was named Avinza, 30 mg., and it comes in capsule

form...right after surgery I took the capsules apart and sprinkled

the " tiny pearl like " contents into a spoonfull of applesause and

swallowed it. This worked great and they hold you in less pain for

12 hours, so you only need to take one capsule, twice a day.

Talk to the doctor about Avinza, it just might save you days of pain

and silent suffering.