I'm so lame! I had a fever and felt really out if it at the immediate care yesterday. I'm 8mos post op and I neglected to tell the PA-C that I had VSG. He prescribed tesselon for my cough. Any one take. This POST OP? I read the clinical statements about rapid absorption and now I'm having medical students disease (I freaked myself out and I'm afraid to take them). LOL!!

I will call the pharm. I get it. I just want to know how many if ya'll have take. Them post op?

I'm pre-op. I was told they no longer have them in the US bc they can be dangerous if you throw up or have a lot of reflux because they "numb" your cough reflex. They are a paralytic and that's why the label warns not to crush or chew them.

I'd check with the pharmacist to start & then chase it up the tree to your doctor.

Good luck & be careful with them!

I got some additional feedback that these may be a really bad idea for VSG....any one else?

No longer in the Us? I just was Rx`ed them last November. Didn't really work Anyway.

Gave some to a patient this weekend in the hospital. They really don't seem to be terribly effective. Don't know about safety. I'd check with surgeon or GP.

All I remember about these things is that they were a b***h to dispense and that they used to be extremely expensive. They may have gone generic now though.