I understand that I wasn't allowed to have ibuprofen/advil during recovery, but I am currently 4 months out and was wondering if it's okay to have now? I've got a real bad headache and Tylenol never works, but Advil always did so I was wondering if I can finally use it again?

While some doctors will tell you that you can never have NSAIDS again with a bypass. It's important to not just trust doctors because they are doctors. They too have biases, likely in the sense of being overly cautious for their patients. That may serve them to feel good but it's not necessarily pragmatic/

The most recent study [1] on this topic confirms that you essentially need continuous use of NSAIDS for around 30 days to create significant risk of ulceration for the post operation bypass patient. Non continuous use does not indicate significant risk. Sleeve doesn't have the same issues.

[1] - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35595650/


I can share that I did ask my surgeon about this and he said it's OK to take NSAIDS very sparingly. I took that to mean as little as possible.

Edited December 3, 20232 yr by eggplantMan