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Pain meds?
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05-10-2011, 09:44 PM
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HysterSister
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Posts: 52
Hysterectomy: May 6th, 2011
Surgery Type: TAH/SAH
Ovaries: Kept 1 or both
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Pain meds?
Lortab is what I was on in hospital every 4 hours. They sent me home on percocet and directions are every 6 hours. Seems I am uncomfortable at the 3 hour mark. What did u take and how often?
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05-10-2011, 09:50 PM
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HysterSister
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Posts: 7
Hysterectomy: February 7th, 2011
Surgery Type: TAH
Ovaries: Removed both
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Re: Pain meds?
I also took Loritab for the first 2 days. Then I was doing fairly well as far as the pain. If you take it easy then you should be able to stretch out the length of time that the pain meds last for.
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05-11-2011, 08:39 AM
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Posts: 71
Hysterectomy: April 4th, 2011
Surgery Type: SAH
Ovaries: Kept 1 or both
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Re: Pain meds?
I took dilaudid (sp?) which worked beautifully for 3 hours at at time...you could set a clock by it. I took it for the first several days as often as I could. When I felt a little better, I cut them in half and added advil and tylenol. I used the dilaudid at night for about 2 weeks because sleeping was so uncomfortable. Good luck, and remember that it does get better!
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05-11-2011, 08:42 AM
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Posts: 17
Hysterectomy: April 25th, 2011
Surgery Type: LAVH
Ovaries: Removed both
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Re: Pain meds?
My doctor put me on 10mg perocet with and without my pain pump. My doctor wrote a script for 10mg perocet every 4 hours. Try to call your doctor and see if they can do anything. You could have built up a tolerance to it already and its less effictive for you. Hope this helps.
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05-11-2011, 11:36 AM
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Posts: 3,224
Hysterectomy: June 23rd, 2010
Surgery Type: TAH/SAH
Ovaries: Removed both
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Re: Pain meds?
Ask your doctor about adding ibuprophen in between your percocet doses...this made a huge difference for me
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05-11-2011, 10:11 PM
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HysterSister
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Posts: 213
Hysterectomy: March 15th, 2011
Surgery Type: DvH
Ovaries: Removed both
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Re: Pain meds?
Trtlgrl--
I definitely would speak with your doctor about this situation. You are not that far along with your recovery and I think that it should be possible to control your pain more effectively. Perhaps as suggested above you could supplement with ibuprofen or the you might need different meds. I came home with Norco and used it faithfully for the first couple of weeks.
Most doctors' offices are quite patient about answering our questions and will be happy to help you.
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