Re: How many days did you take Tylenol W/Codeine?

[Guest guest]

Hi Cheri,

I took arnica (pills) before & after surgery along with a whole host

of other homeopathic remedies on the advice of my homeopath (for bone

fractures, deep nerve healing, clearing the anaesthetic, etc). That

along with the surgical support cassette tapes I used is credited for

a super fast recovery, the fastest the resident surgeon at the

hospital said he had ever seen for upper/lower/genio. Of course,

that's only the initial recovery, there are still many weeks & months

of recovery left after that. I also had MLD therapy (manual lymph

drainage therapy) to further reduce any swelling, both pre and post-

op.

When I got home from hospital after 2 days, I was still taking liquid

tylenol (actually children's tylenol which was quite adequate) along

with codeine syrup. I started feeling nauseous (sp?) after a few days

of that, and I never feel that way, so I decided to stop the codeine.

That resolved the nausea. I didn't need the codeine at that point.

I never had any pain, though, just muscle soreness. Tylenol every 3

hours helped with that discomfort. I don't really remember when I

stopped taking it, your body will tell you, I think. I do know that I

started weaning off it once I could sleep through the night without a

dose.

Hope that helps,

>

> I had my lower jaw surgery on Wed. March 8th and went home that

day.

> I am tightly banded with rubberbands twisted around the hooks in my

> mouth that I will have on until March 21st. They will then replace

> with 2 removeable bands that I can take off to eat and brush my

teeth.

>

> I started taking 2 tsp. Tylenol W/Codeine when I got home, I've

> taken it every 3 hours round the clock for the last 4 1/2 days. I

> will run out of Tylenol W/Codeine tonight. I will pick up my 1

> refill tommorrow and am going to start weaning myself off Tylenol

> with Codeine and switch to Tylenol Adult Liquid without Codeine.

> I was curious how many days most of you took Tylenol with Codeine?

> How many days did you take pain medication of any kind?

>

> Did anyone try the Arnica Gel for muscle aches, stiffness and

> bruises? I've used it a few times and feel its helped alot to make

> the swelling not as bad.

>

> Cheri

[Guest guest]

Cheri,

I had mylower jaw done on March 3rd. I was on Percadan for 4 days,

Tylenol with codeine for 3 days and then went to Tylenol 2 (Extra

Strength)after that. I now take two tabs, three times a day and that

seems to keep me OK. LIkley I'll be off it entirely in another couple

of days.

By the way, I definately went through some level of withdrawl with

the Tylenol w/Codeine. Not bad, but had to be careful that I didn't

confuse the symptoms.

>

> I had my lower jaw surgery on Wed. March 8th and went home that

day.

> I am tightly banded with rubberbands twisted around the hooks in my

> mouth that I will have on until March 21st. They will then replace

> with 2 removeable bands that I can take off to eat and brush my

teeth.

>

> I started taking 2 tsp. Tylenol W/Codeine when I got home, I've

> taken it every 3 hours round the clock for the last 4 1/2 days. I

> will run out of Tylenol W/Codeine tonight. I will pick up my 1

> refill tommorrow and am going to start weaning myself off Tylenol

> with Codeine and switch to Tylenol Adult Liquid without Codeine.

> I was curious how many days most of you took Tylenol with Codeine?

> How many days did you take pain medication of any kind?

>

> Did anyone try the Arnica Gel for muscle aches, stiffness and

> bruises? I've used it a few times and feel its helped alot to make

> the swelling not as bad.

>

> Cheri

[Guest guest]

I was taking my perscription pain meds every 6 hours and motrin

every three on top of that. I had strange swimming sensations when

I was sitting still and weird dreams. My biggest mistake was

quitting all pain meds the end of week one (some how convincing

myself I would feel normal again and heal faster) So on my two week

checkup when they checked my stitches it was very painful. He asked

(dr) what my pain meds were and I said none for the last couple of

days. I think that was a big mistake on my part and caused me a lot

of unnecessary suffering. After that I took my motrin before bed

and sometimes when I woke up until around end of week 3.

Jane

>

> Actually, it's more usual to lose the codeine earlier than later.

Many

> folks find that Motrin or some such (tylenol) serves them better,

with

> fewer side effects.

>

> C.