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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

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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!

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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

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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.

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

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