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By TWW200, in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A

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TWW200    30

TWW200
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Hello my second family! Just had my first consultation and it was wonderful! Lots of information and I already have pre op appointments set up for September and October. Fingers crossed for December 26th surgery date (it's my 45th birthday too)!! I wanted to ask if people here tend to take excedrin for headaches? I hear a lot of heavy people tend to take it and I am 1 of them. Almost daily. I asked the doctor and he didn't seem to feel it's a problem BUT I think I should ween myself off sooner than later. What do you guys think? To let you know ... I take only 1, almost daily, for the caffeine of it (not a big coffee drinker). Let's be nice with your comments too please. Thanks in advance...

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sc101071    398

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I just had to get off Advil two weeks before surgery. (Maybe one week).

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I would advise you to speak to your PCP. If you're having to take headache medicine almost every day, you need to find out why, and find better ways to prevent/treat the headaches. As a migraineur, I know a lot about headaches and treatments. If caffeine is the only reason you're taking Excedrin, switch to No-Doz or something for caffeine without the NSAIDs. With the VSG, NSAIDs aren't particularly off limits, depends on your doc... but it's still not good to be taking them every day.

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I would advise you to speak to your PCP. If you're having to take headache medicine almost every day, you need to find out why, and find better ways to prevent/treat the headaches. As a migraineur, I know a lot about headaches and treatments. If caffeine is the only reason you're taking Excedrin, switch to No-Doz or something for caffeine without the NSAIDs. With the VSG, NSAIDs aren't particularly off limits, depends on your doc... but it's still not good to be taking them every day.

Yes my doctor did say No-Doz. Thank you for responding.

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Your doctor should have you stop all aspirin products. This is a blood thinner and can make your surgery dangerous.

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NSAIDS cause stomach ulcers and because are new stomach are more sensitive to Acid Reflex and other Ucler causing issues, Bariatric Dr's would prefer we don't take NSAIDS

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NSAIDS cause stomach ulcers and because our new stomach's are more sensitive to Acid Reflex and other Ulcer causing issues, Bariatric Dr's would prefer we don't take NSAIDS. This was explained to me by my Dr.

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I would advise you to speak to your PCP. If you're having to take headache medicine almost every day, you need to find out why, and find better ways to prevent/treat the headaches. As a migraineur, I know a lot about headaches and treatments. If caffeine is the only reason you're taking Excedrin, switch to No-Doz or something for caffeine without the NSAIDs. With the VSG, NSAIDs aren't particularly off limits, depends on your doc... but it's still not good to be taking them every day.

Yes my doctor did say No-Doz. Thank you for responding.

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TWW200    30

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So Tylenol is okay, right? I am weaning off my Excedrin ladies...

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Tylenol is generally approved for all of the WLS. However, I reiterate that if you're having to take *any* kind of headache medicine multiple times a week, you need to get with your doc and maybe even a referral to a headache specialist. It is not normal to have that many headaches and once they find the cause there are usually better treatment options than tylenol, advil, or excedrin. Too much tylenol can damage your liver.

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