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superacidjax
Joined: 17 Oct 2006
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 4:57 am Post subject: Post-Op pain meds. |
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| Who ever heard of NO post-op pain meds? Not a prescription to take home, but inpatient pain medicines? Just about every protocol in the medical/surgical world calls for proper pain management post-op.. |
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simone
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Now Mostly @ Home
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| Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Bring your own coedine from Canada. Otherwise you're carrying around an IV bulb for a week... seriously. |
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BuHaoChi
Joined: 30 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:00 am Post subject: |
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simone
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 1:52 am Post subject: |
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| BuHaoChi wrote: |
| I�ve heard (and yes, this is hearsay) that Korean doctors are loath to trust patients with any kind of opiate-based medication, even in the most severe of cases. If you�re having surgery, ask your doctor to write you out a script for Tramadol (Ultracet/Ultram). Although technically considered an opiate (I believe it's an opiate analog), it�s not considered a �controlled substance� and should thus be available at your local pharmacy. |
After my appendectomy, they would only give me injection pain relief. I have crappy veins, so my IV site was pretty bad after 3 days - I wanted it OUT... but then I had to have individual needles from the nurses every 3 hours for pain relief, ensuring that I couldn't leave the hospital.
Plain old LifeBrand OTC Acetominophen with coedine saved my life. |
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