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My surgery is about a week away and Im wondering about pain management afterwards. Is lotab really as nasty as people says it is?? I REALLY REALLY hate liquid medicine. I havent had liquid medicine since childhood because the taste always made me throwup. Is their any alternative to pain management afterwards??

My question I have the Lapband now but am miserable. I have had it less than a year. I go to see my doctor about converting to the sleeve. After the band they send you home with roxicet which is like a liquid Percocet. It really helped with the pain. Did anyone get this for pain with the sleeve?

Amy

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My problem with the Lortab was the burning sensation and immediate nausea. I tried to wait 6 hours between does so i could take Zofran right afterward. But within 10 minutes my pain was so much better so the side effects were worth it to me.

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I was on a tiny pill started with a D....

I am guessing dilaudid..

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It was kinda nasty but I really needed it because of the hernia repair. It was quite painful, so I took every drop of two whole bottles for two weeks. You may not need much or any. I used low sugar apple or grape juice as a chaser. That helped a LOT.

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Came home with liquid lortab, but could not keep it down. Yesterday picked up a new rx liquid roxicet and it is much easier to handle. Its more concentrated so you don't have to swallow as much either. Also picked up rx Zofran a sublingual anti-nausea drug to take a few minutes before ingesting the pain med. Has made a big difference for me.

Seems like I have been having more post-op pain than others here are reporting, I'm 6 days out and still hurts to move much. Doctor says everything's ok though, just slow progression. Definitely talk to your doctor about the post-op home med options because doing it after the fact was really frustrating. Wishing you all the best!

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Tylenol with cod is in the majority of pharmacies and doesn't have too bad of a taste. I had to take it instead of the vicodin because vicodin stimulates me and kept me up for 3 nights and days. Blahhhhhhhhhhhh! ;)

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I loved Lortab lol I guess everybody is different but it does not taste that bad =)

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I received a script for straight liquid hydrocodone (lortab is a hydrocodone/acetaminophen split) and I won't lie it was pretty gross to me, but it washed down pretty well with a few sips of gatorade.

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Thanks again guys!! :) Ill be sure to speak up about the other alternatives if I cant hold down the lortab in the hosp.

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