I don't seen to get any relief from tylenol and we aren't suppose to take ibeprophen(advil) do any of you know of something else that works for headache,bodyache kind of things.

rpm2010:unsure:

I've taken advil tons since my lapband. Tylenol does nothing for me. I just make sure I drink a lot of water and then eat a small snack to make sure I have something on my stomach. I drink the water before the snack to make sure I wash the pills on through. I've had no problems.

I too have to take ibuprophen sometimes. I take a double dose of Jr. strength. A couple times my headache was so bad I disolved an aleve (works better than ibu for me) in a tiny bit of warm water. It burns going down, but kicked the headache.

I know you aren't supposed to take Advil before surgery (because of it's blood thinning properties) but after surgery is fine.

I checked this out with my surgeon because Advil is the only thing that works on my headaches.

Thanks everyone for your replies.....thank goodness because it's the only thing that works for me too....I'm so grateful for this website and all of you here.:thumbup:rpm2010

I take children's chewable ibuprofen (at Walgreens or CVS) when I get a headache. Take with a fair amount of water and it should be just fine. Don't have to worry about any pills getting stuck and the fluid helps to slide it right past the band so your stomach isn't irritated.

Brilliant, Emjay. Thanks!