If you get your gallbladder removed and your surgeon says it could cause diarrhea for a while but your discharge papers say take stool softener because of the pain medication? Listen to the surgeon.

It hasn't been a fun couple of days.

Thank you for reading my very short rant. Back to the bathroom!

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[–] DrRatso@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wait, so if the discharge says this, one would assume you get prescribed opiates for routine surgery? I legitimately do not think I have seen this in my country, like ever (we are talking uncomplicated routine gallbladder removal).

[–] catsdoingcatstuff@lemmy.nz 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, they give you a week's script for percoset in the US when you get it removed. What do they do in your country?

[–] DrRatso@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I mean, a percoset I guess is fine, low abuse potential. Most people, like 95% are fine with a regular single NSAID as needed (like Ibuprofen or Dexketoprofene) after routine surgery.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I've had a lot of experience with opiates already. I have a very painful nerve disorder and I had a neurologist who tried for something like two years to find the "right" one that would work on it and none of them ever did. I never got addicted in the sense that I ever felt a craving for any of it, but I did go through withdrawal for a couple of days, which was not fun. So I'm not worried about abusing it by using it for 3 or 4 days.

[–] DrRatso@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh, for sure, I do not mean anyone in particular, just seemed silly as a blanket policy, but I did not consider it might be percoset. That one is kind of abuse-at-your-own-risk since taking too many risks liver injury.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

It's tramodol, not percocet. Still strong, but I really don't like the way they make me feel other than the pain relief, which is going to make it pretty easy to stop today.