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What type of pain killers did you have while in the hospital? What about when you went home? What did you have for anti-nausea in the hospital and at home?

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While In the hospital I had a morphine pump for the first day. Once removed they gave me oxycodone, then changed to dilauded because the oxy didn't do much for my pain. I was given a prescription for dilauded at home as well, but only needed it for a coupl days. For nausea I had a patch behind my ear, not sure what it's called. Also was give zofran as needed, but luckily I didn't have much nausea so I only needed it once. I didn't have anything for nausea at home because it wasn't needed.

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While In the hospital I had a morphine pump for the first day. Once removed they gave me oxycodone, then changed to dilauded because the oxy didn't do much for my pain. I was given a prescription for dilauded at home as well, but only needed it for a coupl days. For nausea I had a patch behind my ear, not sure what it's called. Also was give zofran as needed, but luckily I didn't have much nausea so I only needed it once. I didn't have anything for nausea at home because it wasn't needed.

Morphine doesn't work well with me. My surgeon uses Dilauded, which I prefer. Apparently they send me home with liquid oxy?

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I had liquid lortab in the hospital (nastiest stuff I have ever had to drink) and then was sent home with a generic version of liquid lortab, which tasted a little better. I didn't use much either in the hospital or at home -- mostly at night because it was difficult to sleep.< /p>

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I had a morphine pca, then liquid lortab. then went home on liquid tylenol w/ codeine.

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I had morphine and dilaudid (I think, maybe it was demerol) for the first 24 hours then they added toradol which was a God send. The toradol did more for my pain than the other two combined. I had Zofran and Phenergan in the hospital but wasn't sent home with anything for it. The only nausea I had came from the pain meds, not from surgery or my newly small tummy. I was sent home with a PINT of liquid lortab which I took two partial doses of and then didn't need anymore (also I'm a "cheap drunk" and it doesn't take much of that crap to really mess me up). My sister had a sleeve on Monday and had similar pain meds but had oxycodone in the hospital as well. She is doing great and says other than the gas pain she doesn't even feel like she had surgery! Good luck to you, I hope you have as pain free of an experience as possible!

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I had dilaudid in the hospital every three hours, including one last "road warrior" shot about 30 minutes before I left. Was supposed to switch to Tylenol with codeine after but after the first 6-12 hours (and taking one or two doses) I decided it tasted so nasty and was hard enough to get down that I'd see how I did without it. And I was fine.

I absolutely loved it in the hospital: they'd come by and give me a shot in the IV, and then I'd doze gently for the next hour to two hours, get up, trot up and down the hall dutifully, and then wait for the next dose. However my good friend who was sleeved in June had a horrible reaction to it.

They also gave me the anti-nausea at the same time, the whole time. (Reglan, I think.) I went off that at the hospital too; no need to continue at home thank goodness.

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My friend had her sleeve done a week ago. She has recommended a few things to me. She recommended a scopalamine patch behind my ear for nausea? She had morphine as well but morphine doesn't work well for me and my surgeon prefers Dilaudid. She mentioned liquid Lortab for home but my surgeon sends liquid Oxy, not sure the difference? And something called Phenergan, also for nausea?

I always have Zofran on hand (liquid gold to chemo patients), ever since my chemo treatments and now with my hernia.

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I had morphine and dilaudid (I think, maybe it was demerol) for the first 24 hours then they added toradol which was a God send. The toradol did more for my pain than the other two combined. I had Zofran and Phenergan in the hospital but wasn't sent home with anything for it. The only nausea I had came from the pain meds, not from surgery or my newly small tummy. I was sent home with a PINT of liquid lortab which I took two partial doses of and then didn't need anymore (also I'm a "cheap drunk" and it doesn't take much of that crap to really mess me up). My sister had a sleeve on Monday and had similar pain meds but had oxycodone in the hospital as well. She is doing great and says other than the gas pain she doesn't even feel like she had surgery! Good luck to you, I hope you have as pain free of an experience as possible!

I will have to look up this toradol!!

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I had three doses if dilaudid...which did nothing. Then got my liquid Percocet..which is about all that will work on me.

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It sounds like what works for some, does nothing for others

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I will have to look up this toradol!!

Toradol is pretty weak pain killer comparatively. I just had knee surgery and they prescribed Toradol. Works slightly better than Ibuprofen 600's, but doesn't block pain nearly as well as Codeine. Toradol doesn't make me "loopy" though either which is nice. Problem for me is Codiene makes me super SUPER sick (nauseous). I used to get Darvocet prescribed to me (vs. Codeine) but the nurses said they don't make it anymore? Odd.

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Toradol isn't a weak painkiller, it's just different and non narcotic. Different types of pains respond better to different meds. Toradol is anti inflammatory and works well for muscular pain, post surgical pain and is amazing for kidney stones. Toradol actually reduces inflammation in the body. Post knee surgery we normally use a neuropathic pain med like lyrica, non narcotics like tramadol, and then opioids (oxy, hydrocodone) for break through pain.

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I was on dilaudid the three days in hospital. Zofran every 4 hrs and scop patch behind ear too. Went home with liquid lortab. Only have to take a dose or two a day. Soreness working out slowly. Drain tube being removed wed the 13th

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Mindijean, you're pre-op, right? Because it's early in the morning and I'm all froggy I'm going to give you unsolicited advice. You're absolutely right that what works for one person doesn't work for others. The other thing I'm going to say as a surgery veteran (gallbladder, lady parts, VSG, ankle) is that you should be vocal about getting your painkillers. I tend to be soft-spoken in person, and I learned the hard way during the GB surgery 5 years ago that sometimes when you're soft-spoken, nurses don't take your pain as seriously as they should. I happened to have a very difficult GB case but I understand now that it's not usually as big of a deal. But as a result my pain was out of control and my being polite didn't help matters.

Once you get caught up in a pain cycle it can be twice as hard to relieve it. I don't know why that is, but it is true. So for me, this time, what really worked was making sure I was on top of when my medications were available to me and asking for it every time. Overall, I felt so little relative discomfort and the whole hospital stay felt like a breeze compared to the last one.

So if something's not working for you, be vocal about it. Scream like a little girl if you need to. I am serious as a heart attack about this. Best case scenario, the painkiller will help you sleep, which in turn will help you heal much faster.

Oh, and bring an extension cord to the hospital so that you can charge your phone. The outlets aren't always close to the bed. My nurse told me I was a genius for that. I modestly agreed with her.

(/Skipping off to sprinkle unsolicited advice around the threads…wonder why I'm so awake this morning!)

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