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Had my surgery on Tuesday and I was sent home Norco (liquid form) for pain. The issue is I can't keep it down. I'm in pain but ire fuse to keep throwing up. Anybody else have this issue with Norco?

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@@shamale - Pain meds can often make you nauseous (even non-WLS patients). Couple of suggestions - make sure you have a little Protein shake (or whatever food you are allowed to consume) and maybe try only taking 1/2 the dose? You can even take 1/2 the dose with a small dose of children's liquid Tylenol. (ONLY do this if you only take 1/2 of the Norco dose as Norco also has Tylenol in it and you don't want too much Tylenol). If that still makes you nauseas, ask your dr to prescribe Zofran (sublinqual so it melts under your tongue) and you can take the Zofran with or slightly before the pain med to prevent the nausea. If all of that doesn't work, you can try different pain meds like Tramadol (not near as strong though). Good luck! Don't be afraid to call the dr if you need to!

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Thanks! I spoke to the nurse and she told me to put some Protein on my tummy. I sipped a little bit of the narco but I'm not going to chug down a whole dose I was advised not to take Tylenol because there is some mixed in with the narco. I feel a bit better after those few sips.

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