Guest guest Posted September 20, 2000 Report Share Posted September 20, 2000 Cindy, This is a BIGGG question for me too. Can we take Imitrex? How about Hydrocodone? See ya, betty tylenol?? >In a message dated 9/20/2000 10:00:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time, >Boingy300@... writes: > ><< Tylenol is a goner. It's very > harmful to your hard working liver. >> > >So WHAT do you take for pain? Headache?? I have migraines and take about >1600mgs of motrin at a time.. or either Imitrex, which ever I have on hand. >If Mortin is out, Tylenol is out, and Asprin is out... then what is left?? > >Cindy H > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2000 Report Share Posted September 20, 2000 I talked to my pharmacist about this. I've had so many prescriptions filled pre and postop - we're on a first name basis! Anyhow, as the patient manual indicates, Dr.R prescribes Vioxx for pain. My pharmacist told me that for headaches, menstrual cramps, fever, etc. that this was really about the best thing available for folks like us. Vioxx is not without possible side effects, but it's safety profile is better than any ibuprophen or sodium naproxen compounds. All the best, Debbie > In a message dated 9/20/2000 10:00:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > Boingy300@a... writes: > > << Tylenol is a goner. It's very > harmful to your hard working liver. >> > > So WHAT do you take for pain? Headache?? I have migraines and take about > 1600mgs of motrin at a time.. or either Imitrex, which ever I have on hand. > If Mortin is out, Tylenol is out, and Asprin is out... then what is left?? > > Cindy H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2000 Report Share Posted September 20, 2000 For all of you who asked about the tylenol and for Cindy about the migraines and Imitrex, I was at clinic Tues and asked all those questions because I have migraines and in addition to taking Imitrex probably own stock in Excedrin, Tylenol, etc. His answer is that Imitrex and all drugs in that family are fine. Hooray!!!! Codine-related pain medications are also fine. You will need to work with your support physician to get help for pain other than tylenol and aspirin-related products. Dr. R. stresses that you can certainly do whatever you like, but that studies have shown that tylenol can be hard on your liver and you will want to be careful of your liver after surgery since fast weight-loss can stress it (see patient manual). In the case of the aspirin-related products, they elevate the liklihood of ulcer (thus the healthy non-aspirin pain reliever market) and again, surgery makes you slightly more susceptible to ulcer. --- By the way, did you know that a very large percentage of MGB post-ops who suffered from migraines did not have them after the surgery??? Hope this helped. If you want more info about the migraines, which I asked ALOT about, feel free to email me at AAnker14@... In MiniGastricBypass (AT) egroups (DOT) com, hsmotherof4@a... wrote: > In a message dated 9/20/2000 10:00:41 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > Boingy300@a... writes: > > << Tylenol is a goner. It's very > harmful to your hard working liver. >> > > So WHAT do you take for pain? Headache?? I have migraines and take about > 1600mgs of motrin at a time.. or either Imitrex, which ever I have on hand. > If Mortin is out, Tylenol is out, and Asprin is out... then what is left?? > > Cindy H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2000 Report Share Posted September 20, 2000 and Betty Harrill wrote: > > This is a BIGGG question for me too. Can we take Imitrex? How > about Hydrocodone? See ya, betty Dr. R said that Imitrex is fine to take post-op. Sorry, I don't know about Hydrocodone. \ Tricia in IL MGB 8/10/00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 21, 2000 Report Share Posted September 21, 2000 From clinic this past Tuesday, Dr R. said, (and repeated, lol) that the drugs we are not to take are tylenol and anti-inflammatories (aspirin, ibuprofen, etc.) When asked about combination drugs, such as percocet and tylenol #3, he said we can take the narcotic part of those drugs without the tylenol. Example: Percocet is hydrocodone and tylenol (acetaminophen). Get the hydrocodone prescription without the tylenol. Same for tylenol #3...get a prescription for codeine without the tylenol. The problem with this is that these are narcotics and have a HIGH potential for abuse and dependance. But it is possible to get pain medication other than tylenol and anti- inflammatories. Hope that helps. ebbieday > > > and Betty Harrill wrote: > > > > This is a BIGGG question for me too. Can we take Imitrex? How > > about Hydrocodone? See ya, betty > > > Dr. R said that Imitrex is fine to take post-op. Sorry, I don't know about Hydrocodone. > \ > Tricia in IL > MGB 8/10/00 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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