Date: 6/14/2008 3:45:00 AM
From Authorid: 10657
I wish I had a ready answer I am allergic to all pain medications myself. The nausea medicine should combat the urge but be aware that you may still have that urge. Get better soon ((HUGS))  |
Date: 6/14/2008 4:08:00 AM
From Authorid: 42945
Yes hun before you have the surgery tell them of the post operative nausea and they can give you a drug to combat that...I don't know of those drugs over here hun but I know I have an allergy to Codeine and lots of meds have it in them....so discuss it with the doctor before surgery and I wish you all the very best and hope all goes well for you sweetie...*hugs*  |
Date: 6/14/2008 4:59:00 AM
From Authorid: 56293
I can't help you with the medications but good luck with your surgey and feel better soon.  |
Date: 6/14/2008 6:45:00 AM
From Authorid: 49976
I had surgery a couple weeks ago and they gave me an anti nausea med to take with the pain pills ask your dr about doing that. I don't know if you can with those pills or not but it's worth asking.  |
Date: 6/14/2008 8:29:00 AM
From Authorid: 63241
Having gone through addiction to painkillers after back surgery, I'll tell you what therapists told me. (I've had painkillers since then for serious ear infections and their advice worked in keeping me from becoming addicted again.) They told me that painkillers are good for the healing process in that they help a patient's blood pressure to go down and they help the patient sleep which is good for the healing process. BUT before you take a painkiller, evaluate your level of pain...if a tylenol or any over the counter medication will help good enough then take that instead. IF you need something stronger, then take the pain medication. ALWAYS evaluate your pain before you take the medication. The problem arises with addiction, when you take the pain medication without being in pain. It's basically a judgment call on your sensitivity to pain. It doesn't matter how strong or how many pain pills you take, it matters if you're in pain or not. Believe me, the doctor would not have prescribed those strong painkillers if he/she didn't think you needed them, especially nowadays. Use them for the purpose they were intended and you won't become addicted. I hope they work for you!  |
Date: 6/14/2008 8:47:00 AM
From Authorid: 63725
I wqas given delaudid (sp) after my recent colon surgery once I was off the IV of morphine. Nausea tends to follow me too but they gave me something for that. I am also sensitive to codeine. The nausea meds helped me. Good luck and I am saying a prayer for you. HUGS  |
Date: 6/14/2008 10:22:00 AM
From Authorid: 14754
Dilaudid, a narcotic analgesic, is prescribed for the relief of moderate to severe pain. its the same as the others you have tried, they are just trying to help you  |
Date: 6/14/2008 10:25:00 AM
From Authorid: 62100
The anti-emetic (nausea) medication they prescribed is *probably* prescribed on an " so many hours as needed" deal to combat the nausea that you described happening with pain medication in the past..the best way for you to get the answers as to what to expect would be to talk to your doctors...I'm an LPN and I can look them up and give you a million things that *could* happen as a side effect to each medication, but really..the best source for info is ALWAYS your own personal MD as they know you, your history and why they prescribed what..so talk to the MD till you have the answers that you need in a way that you understand..  |
Date: 6/14/2008 2:13:00 PM
From Authorid: 16671
I personally am on loritab 7.5 three times a day, but when I had my bladder surgery they were giving me Dilaudin by IV every hour, it did work good but it made me sleep alot. I'm sorry your allergic to codien, I'm slightly sometimes it makes me itch a little. The loritabs dont, but the tylenol 3 and 4's do. Darvocet doesn't do any good as far as I'm concerned and if you have to have a nausa med, tell them to give you promethizine as that is the best one on the market as far as I'm concerned. I have to use it alot due to a variety of reasons and that is the only one that really works for me. As far as the pain meds go, I can't really give you any advice because you are allergic to codien. I just dont know which ones have codien in them. But yes the Dilaudin does work very well. I pray all goes well for you on your surgery.  |
Date: 6/14/2008 7:56:00 PM
From Authorid: 63572
I've never had Dilaudin before but I'd assume the anti nausea stuff is because of how you've responded to pain meds before. Although I've never found them to be helpful to me before, a bottle of peptobismol works a little better than the perscription stuff but tastes awful. talk to your doctor to find out why each of those was percribed to you and what you should do if you have problems with them.  |
Date: 6/15/2008 1:08:00 AM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 63042
Thanks for all the replies, advice, and well-wishes, guys! It never really occured to me that it could be a reaction to the anesthesia itself that caused my nausea...but I suppose it could be a factor. It's good to hear of other people's experiences with these medications before I take them myself so I know what I'm getting myself into.  |
Date: 6/16/2008 11:34:00 AM
From Authorid: 57232
Just to reply, sorta funny I guess. I had a bad cold and they prescribed meds and I could not kick it for anything. I don't see a dr. until I have no other choice but to. I was sick for probably 2 months before I did it. They prescribed Amoxicillin...didn't kill it...Augmentin...didn't kill it. They said that I had become immune to them?? What? The funny thing is that I have taken them since and they have worked, maybe it was just that nasty of a cold. Sorry about the no codeine thing, the morphine was a blessing for the spinal headache.  |
