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Did your dr give you liquid painkillers or just tell you to cut up the pills? what kind? The only type that usually works for me after a surgery is lortab. I know every dr is different, so I was just curious as to others experiences. I will hopefully be banded in June:)

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Everyone has a slightly different story to tell. Personally, I was given Percocet, in pill form. I just bought a pill crusher and crushed them as I wasn't allowed to swallow them whole. Other people get liquid lortab and they don't have to worry about pills. Then, depending on pain levels, some people just take Liquid tylenol and do just fine with that.

One thing I'd say is if you know something works for you and you've had previous success after a surgery or whatever, speak up. Tell your surgeon/doctor beforehand and he should give you what you want within reason.

As someone 4 weeks post-op, my advice is to stay ahead of the pain. I made the mistake, early on, of thinking I didn't need anything at a time when I could have taken something, and then an hour or two later was in terrible pain.

Good luck. Oh, and don't worry about the pain. I seem to have had it rougher than most, but it is definitely worth it to be losing weight. :eek:

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I was given lortab elixer. It worked fine. I only needed it the first 4 days, then I moved on to liquid tylenol. Good luck to you.

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I was given lortab elixir as well. I was warned by the pharmacist that it tastes nasty, so he added a flavor to it for me BUT I never needed any pain medication of any kind. When your doc gives you prescriptions ask for liquid if that's what you want.

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I was on liquid loritab.

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My dr prescribed lortab elixir (hydrocodone). It tasted terrible, but most liquid medicines do. I only took the med for 2 days b/c it was making me nauseated. I moved on to liquid tylenol. Now I take the tylenol chewables.

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Liquid Loratab as well and I only needed it for 3 days.

Good luck........

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I was given an anti-inflammatory, only. There was some kind of liquid painkiller in my IV, but after my discharge, I just had the Meloxicam 7.5 mg.

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