Hi all, I'm getting my gallbladder and lapband removed on June 6. I read somewhere that there's a (prescription?) drug that you can take after surgery to help relieve the gas pain. Does anyone have any insight/experience?

I have been pretty active on this site since March 2021 and this is the first I am hearing of that. Only thing I have heard so far is that gas ex helps a little for some people but the majority say the only thing that helps is walking and time, unfortunately.

Edited May 25, 20224 yr by ShoppGirl

never heard of a script for that. shoppgirl already said what i would say. gasx but walking is best.

Okay, thanks! I wasn't given anything when I had my surgery 20 years ago but thought maybe something had changed for the better. :-)

On 5/25/2022 at 1:57 PM, hollywrites2u said:

Hi all, I'm getting my gallbladder and lapband removed on June 6. I read somewhere that there's a (prescription?) drug that you can take after surgery to help relieve the gas pain. Does anyone have any insight/experience?

I've never heard of a prescription to relieve gas pain, but there's probably one out there. After I had my band removed, I want to stress this... I had no dietary restrictions, I had no difficulty eating or drinking, so I took charcoal capsules for gas pain. Disclaimer: please do not read this if you're post op weight loss surgery and take charcoal capsules for gas pain, because charcoal can block absoprtion of nutrients, so you can end up deficient in nutrients and protein. Stick to Gas X or whatever your surgeon recommends.

With that said, Holly you could try charcoal tablets since you probably won't have dietary restrictions due to a weight loss surgery being on board. They really helped me a lot. Better than Gas X imo. You can find them at any pharmacy or on Amazon.

Best wishes!

I was given omeprazole also otc and have had Famotidine which settles your belly and is prescribed