This may sound like a silly question, but I have a doctors appointment on Thursday to get my birth control implant put in. They instructed me over the phone the other day that it’s going to be painful, so I need to take 600 mg of ibuprofen before my appointment. However, I just realized that I feel like I read somewhere that gastric bypass patients can’t take ibuprofen? Or am I wrong? I’ve always been an ibuprofen user when it comes to headaches and stuff, so can someone give me a run down of what I can/cannot take in terms of like ibuprofen, Tylenol, Advil and those kinds of things?

You CANNOT take NSAIDS. I take mobic and I’m off it for preop safety and have to stay off for at least 6 months then we’ll try it and if it doesn’t help my pain or I get ulcer symptoms I’m done.

You can take Tylenol just track your total daily intake for liver toxicity. Personally, I find Tylenol to be useless.

5 minutes ago, KateBruin said:

You CANNOT take NSAIDS. I take mobic and I’m off it for preop safety and have to stay off for at least 6 months then we’ll try it and if it doesn’t help my pain or I get ulcer symptoms I’m done.

You can take Tylenol just track your total daily intake for liver toxicity. Personally, I find Tylenol to be useless.

I also take Meloxicam/Mobic for arthritis and I can't see myself giving it up lol. I've missed a couple doses here and there and the pain is immediately back. I'm praying that I can still take it after my surgery.

You can take TYLENOL. That's it.

On 04/03/2019 at 02:00, ARMoma45 said:

I also take Meloxicam/Mobic for arthritis and I can't see myself giving it up lol. I've missed a couple doses here and there and the pain is immediately back. I'm praying that I can still take it after my surgery.

My doctor made a very strong point to stop for several months while everything heals. I have ankylosing spondylitis and hashis so I need it for my joints (humira too). Humira I’ll have to give up for a month total so I can heal without infection. I’m willing to suffer a little to make sure I don’t get an ulcer. I need a second shoulder repair 8 or so weeks after my sleeve to bypass but I’d rather be in pain that have an ulcer (wine is life ?). I suffered for years not realizing my pain was autoimmune arthritis so I’m hoping I can manage it with Tylenol, lidocaine patches, topical NSAIDS. They’re much safer and approved by my surgeon (check them out! I get pennsaid that is brand name but there’s generic versions). I’ll end up in more pain after my next shoulder reconstruction without mobic/meloxicam but I survived one of the most demanding degrees at UCLA and law school pre diagnosis (not bragging!) so I hope I can do it again. I can handle shoulder and joint pain via PT but not a damn ulcer!

On 04/02/2019 at 21:19, jazzyj13 said:

This may sound like a silly question, but I have a doctors appointment on Thursday to get my birth control implant put in. They instructed me over the phone the other day that it’s going to be painful, so I need to take 600 mg of ibuprofen before my appointment. However, I just realized that I feel like I read somewhere that gastric bypass patients can’t take ibuprofen? Or am I wrong? I’ve always been an ibuprofen user when it comes to headaches and stuff, so can someone give me a run down of what I can/cannot take in terms of like ibuprofen, Tylenol, Advil and those kinds of things?

Forgot to say ask for a Benzo to relax you. I can’t really get an iud as I’ve had stage 0 cancer and my cervix is all kinds of chopped up but I’ve had friends who can get through it with a benzo and/or a low dose opioid like Vicodin or Tylenol 3. It’s not fun if your cervix is sensitive or you’ve never given birth. You’ll feel crampy and awful for a bit. *hugs*

Nope, no Ibuprofen or NSAIDS. Just Tylenol or Acetominophen.

Yes, NSAIDs like ibuprofin are classic redflag no-no's for bypass patients (it's that marginal ulcer thing that the bypass is prone to); however, I have seen them prescribed (by bariatric surgeons) for limited use in certain specific cases where the risk/reward trade off makes sense. So, check with your surgeon as to what he would prescribe for this particular instance.

Thank you all. You are all so helpful!

20 hours ago, KateBruin said:

My doctor made a very strong point to stop for several months while everything heals. I have ankylosing spondylitis and hashis so I need it for my joints (humira too). Humira I’ll have to give up for a month total so I can heal without infection. I’m willing to suffer a little to make sure I don’t get an ulcer. I need a second shoulder repair 8 or so weeks after my sleeve to bypass but I’d rather be in pain that have an ulcer (wine is life ?). I suffered for years not realizing my pain was autoimmune arthritis so I’m hoping I can manage it with Tylenol, lidocaine Patches, topical NSAIDS. They’re much safer and approved by my surgeon (check them out! I get pennsaid that is brand name but there’s generic versions). I’ll end up in more pain after my next shoulder reconstruction without mobic/meloxicam but I survived one of the most demanding degrees at UCLA and law school pre diagnosis (not bragging!) so I hope I can do it again. I can handle shoulder and joint pain via PT but not a damn ulcer!

I'm the opposite, I can deal with the ulcer as i've had those most of my life but the arthritis pain is unbearable to me. Before I started using Meloxicam I couldn't even get out of my car when I got home from work from aching so bad...and I have a really high pain tolerance. I just hope that losing weight will relieve enough of the pain from my joints to make it bearable.

On 04/04/2019 at 00:07, ARMoma45 said:

I'm the opposite, I can deal with the ulcer as i've had those most of my life but the arthritis pain is unbearable to me. Before I started using Meloxicam I couldn't even get out of my car when I got home from work from aching so bad...and I have a really high pain tolerance. I just hope that losing weight will relieve enough of the pain from my joints to make it bearable.

I lost 105 with my sleeve and I’ll say my joints started to feel much better. I wasn’t huge but I was obese. Guess I am again since I gained 40 on steroids and BMI is 31/32. The humira reduces a lot of my inflammation but I’m going 4 weeks without it and without mobic. Funny when I lost weight I ended up with injuries from my heavy workouts. Facing my second shoulder repair in 8 weeks or so once I heal from today’s sleeve. EEEP!! It’s in 7 hours!!

2 hours ago, KateBruin said:

2 hours ago, ARMoma45 said:

I'm the opposite, I can deal with the ulcer as i've had those most of my life but the arthritis pain is unbearable to me. Before I started using Meloxicam I couldn't even get out of my car when I got home from work from aching so bad...and I have a really high pain tolerance. I just hope that losing weight will relieve enough of the pain from my joints to make it bearable.

I lost 105 with my sleeve and I’ll say my joints started to feel much better. I wasn’t huge but I was obese. Guess I am again since I gained 40 on steroids and BMI is 31/32. The humira reduces a lot of my inflammation but I’m going 4 weeks without it and without mobic. Funny when I lost weight I ended up with injuries from my heavy workouts. Facing my second shoulder repair in 8 weeks or so once I heal from today’s sleeve. EEEP!! It’s in 7 hours!!

Good luck with your surgery today ???

Besides Tylenol, if you have another issue that causes severe pain you can take Tramadol or Percocet. I highly recommend talking to your doctor about this.