I had my sleeve in May of 2011. Lost 100 pounds. I discovered recently, in the last few months, that I cannot tolerate ANY opiate pain medications. This includes Vicodin, Percoset and Dilaudid. They make me feel like I have a broomstick thrust through me from the front to the back right at my sternum. So amazingly horrid! I am at the point that I really want to have my extra skin removed but am terrified that I won't be able to take anything for the pain.

Has anyone else experienced this? Any solutions? My sis-in-law had a gastric bypass about 2 years ago and she has the same reaction to pain medication as I do.

Thanks all,

Laura

Hi! I strongly recommend that you make an appoitment with a Pain management doctor. Make sure you check the credentials & other peoples experiences before you go. A good pain doctor will actually have a team so that someone is avaible 24/7. There are MANY options for pain, you just need to work with a doctor to find what works for you.

Good luck!

I think I may have found the answer...I took some tramadol to see if it bothered me and I was fine...later I was feeling anxiety so I took a little alprazolam(valium) and got the same horrid painful reaction I had before with opiates...I drank a little milk and ...horrid pain all gone!! I had always heard that milk coats your stomach and I am living proof that it does. What a relief. I am going to test run a vicodin to see if the same holds true and if so...plastics here I come! After all that work to lose the weight...I really want to remove the extra skin I have left.

Living the dream,

Laura

My surgeon gave me supradol after surgery and it is amazing! I've never had anything that worked so well. My PCP here said he can prescribe it for me too if I want it. I was a 2-drink under the table person, and Oxy, vicadin, Tylenol 3 are like candy to me. Weird.

Your plastic surgeon can probably work with you to find a pain-killer that works for you.

Glad to hear you found something that helps! When is your surgery?