Meds

[ladyd728 106]

My doctor prescribed me five different meds all costing almost hundred dollars. Will I need all the medication...the nausea meds, the pain meds and the medicine to clean your colon. Can't magnesium citrate do the same thing or castor oil. I know that sounds silly but I'm not into taking a lot of medicine plus some of those things will cause Constipation and they are too high. This is with insurance.

[witty2cute 3]

I never took any colon cleanser. I was on Clear Liquids only the 3 days prior to my surgery and that was it. work in the medical field and if you need a colon cleanser mag cit will work great. I left the hospital with an OnQ pain pump. I only got nauseas 2x and it came and went so fast I never even had a chance to use my anti nausea meds. I also took only 2 of the 40 vicodin he gave me. Not sure what else he prescribed that you will need 5. I cant tell you that you wont need them as we are all different but in my experience I didnt need them at all! Good luck!

[ladyd728 106]

I never took any colon cleanser. I was on clear liquids only the 3 days prior to my surgery and that was it. work in the medical field and if you need a colon cleanser mag cit will work great. I left the hospital with an OnQ pain pump. I only got nauseas 2x and it came and went so fast I never even had a chance to use my anti nausea meds. I also took only 2 of the 40 vicodin he gave me. Not sure what else he prescribed that you will need 5. I cant tell you that you wont need them as we are all different but in my experience I didnt need them at all! Good luck!

Thanks for responding...I have some suppositories for nausea from nasal surgery, mag. citrate and I will get some motrin liquid 800mg, i normally have a high tolerance for pain. I may get the heartburn meds, that's it. Thanks again

[Bronco0605 135]

I know it is a lot of money but you guess what you will or won't need. I have need the nausea medicine everyday since surgery and I am almost 4 weeks post op. I needed the pain medicine everyday until a few days ago. i also have used the levsin which is anti spasmodic for the stomach and would definitely have ended up bak n the hospital without the medication. Have you checked wiht your doc about using motrin. For most of us nsaids are not allowed after surgery especially immediately postop.

[ladyd728 106]

I know it is a lot of money but you guess what you will or won't need. I have need the nausea medicine everyday since surgery and I am almost 4 weeks post op. I needed the pain medicine everyday until a few days ago. i also have used the levsin which is anti spasmodic for the stomach and would definitely have ended up bak n the hospital without the medication. Have you checked wiht your doc about using motrin. For most of us nsaids are not allowed after surgery especially immediately postop.

No, I have not asked about the motrin. I just don't want to spend the money on the medicine and only use it once or never. Once you buy, you can't take back if I never use it. The medicine for pain is a narcotic that the CVS and Walgreens don't supply, so I dropped the Rx off at a local pharmacy a week ago and they haven't called me yet to say it has come in...smh. Thanks for the advise though.

[witty2cute 3]

Do you normally have heartburn? I havent had any problems with that, but I never have before either. Are all the meds for post op? Or was the colonic for prior to surgery?

[LouiseC 1,031]

I had no nausea medication and I was fine. I took the option of taking the prescriptions and only getting the drugs if it came to needing them. None of us really know until the surgery how our bodies are going to react and what we might need. I preferred taking the approach of being ready and prepared should I need these drugs but reactive in taking them rather than precautionary.

[caroline2 89]

I would really recommend you talk with your surgeon about the Motrin. As mentioned previously, NSAIDs are not to be used after surgery. I did use my pain meds for a few days. My nausea meds I'm still using. The reflux meds I cannot do without. Good luck with your surgery!

[VSG AJH 499]

I never needed the anti-nausea script, and I took the pain meds for four days before switching to liquid Tylenol. I would recommend doing some kind of colon cleanse because Constipation post-op is no fun (I speak from experience :/). I do recommend the PPI blocker (I have Protonix) because for some folks that excess acid feels like hunger for the first few months.