Why cant you drive after bariatric surgery and how long should you wait?

My doctor says its because of pain meds. We are told to wait 1 week.

Mine says because of the meds, too. At my one week post op they cleared me to drive after being sure I was no longer taking them.

As long as you take the pain meds you can't drive.

When you are off of them then you will get the okay to drive again.

I would say at least a week after surgery.

My surgeon said he doesn't recommend it because of the pain medications yes but also because it causes pulling on your incisions looking over your shoulder and such and potentially puts others in danger because if we are in pain we may not be 100% when we drive...hope that made sense. But my doctor really emphasizes how important recovery is and what can happen internally if we do not follow our directions for recovery. But complications can arise regardless...

I was told I could drive once I was 48 hours off pain meds. I drove 6 days after my surgery, just a mile to the store and back and it was horrible uncomfortable. Drove again at day 8 and I was still uncomfortable but I could function.