Hi, I'm scheduled for surgery March 3rd in tijuana and I have my pre op instructions for 7 days prior to surgery, but my question is whether I can take my Allegra that week? I have really bad seasonal allergies and I will be miserable if I cannot take this medicine for the week ????. I also take a multivitamin, a prilosec and a probiotic every day. I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with this?

You should be able to contact your surgeons office and ask about when/if you should stop taking your current medications and when you will be able to resume them post op. My surgeon's office even had a specific email address for sending your prescription and medication questions to.

Edited February 13, 201511 yr by JamieLogical

Yes thanks. Because my surgery is in Tijuana I don't have direct access to my doctor. I'm sure I can ask the coordinator though so I will do so :-) I have asked her a million questions though so I hoped to talk to someone who maybe had the same circumstance. She has been very patient and answered all my questions, but I can't help but feel like I'm bothering her. Lol. It doesn't help that the surgery has completely taken over my brain. I cannot think of anything else right now. Ahh! :-)

I had my surgery in Tijuana also, with Arial Ortiz at Obesity Control Center. I had a whole sheet that was provided to me of email address and phone number to call for various types of questions and whatnot. One of them was an email and phone number for questions about prescriptions and medications and when I sent an email to that address, I received a reply from one of the clinics doctors, but not my surgeon. I ended up meeting him while I was there... he's the one who did my EKG and my barium swallow test. He was my favorite person at the clinic.