FYI~~Post Op Medication List

Hi everyone!!! Amber just posted that she is under the weather and I posted a small list of meds ok'd by my surgeon. But I found my more detailed list. Remember: This list has been approved by MY surgeon ONLY. Please check with yours to make sure it is on for YOU. Take Care!!~~~ Carmella ******************MEDICATION LIST************** CORTISONE INJECTIONS: If cortisone is given intramuscularly (IM) or intravenously (IV), then the effect is the same on the GI tract as it is when taken orally, and the same precautions need to be taken to help prevent an ulcer. If it is injected into a joint, then the medication is encapsulated and you don't need to take precautions. NSAIDS: Certain medications are not recommended after gastric bypass. Aspirin, Ibuprofen products (Advil, Aleve, Motrin), and anti-inflammatory medications like Vioxx, Celebrex, and steroids (Prednisone), will increase your risk of stomach ulcers. Use of these medications should be limited to cases when pain and loss of function is bad enough to be worth the increased risk of ulcer. Above listed medications should be taken when necessary in combination with anti-ulcer drugs like Pepcid AC twice per day, or with a proton pump inhibitor, such as nexium, protonix, or prevacid twice a day, and a dose of Maalox or Mylanta with the irritating medication. Use for as short a time as possible, and watch for signs of ulcer: black stools or blood in stools and burning in the pouch area. DRUGS THAT CAN DAMAGE THE POUCH : Advil (Ibuprofen)............. Aleve (Naproxyn)............ Amigesic (Aspirin)............ Anacin (Aspirin)............Anaprox (Naproxyn)................. Arthropan (Aspirin)............. Ascriptin (Aspirin).............. Aspirin................ Aspro (Aspirin)............... Azolid (NSAID)............... Bextra (NSAID) ................. Bufferin (Apirin)............ Butazolidin (NSAID)........... Celebrex (NSAID)........... Clinoril (NSAID)................ Darvon compound (Contains Aspirin).......... Disalcid (NSAID).............. Dolobid (NSAID-related)......... Equagesic (contains Aspirin)................ Feldene (NSAID).............. Fiorinal (contains Aspirin).............. Ibuprofin (NSAID).............. Indocin (NSAID)............... Ketoprofen (NSAID).............. Lodine (NSAID)................ Meclomen (NSAID)............... Midol (Ibuprofen).............. Motrin (Ibuprofen)................. Nalfon (NSAID)............... Naprosyn (NSAID)............. Naproxen (NSAID) Orudis (NSAID)................ Oruvail (NSAID).............. Pamprin-IB (Ibuprofen)........... Percodan (Contains Aspirin).......... Ponstel (NSAID)................... Rexolate (NSAID).............. Tandearil (NSAID)............. Tolecin/Tolmentin (NSAID)............. Uracel (NSAID)............ Vioxx (NSAID)........ Voltaren (NSAID)............ ALL "NSAIDS" DRUGS THAT ARE CONSIDERED SAFE: Antibiotics Bendaryl................... Tylenol ...............Tylenol cold products....Tylenol Extra Strength... Dimetap.............. Imitrex...... Safetussin...........Sudafed... Triaminics (All)........Robitussin.... Phazyme.........Gas-X..... Imodium Ad.......... Colace.......Peri-Colace..... Dulcolax-Suppositories.......Glycerin suppositories.... Fleets Enema.......... Milk of Magnesia......... Ultram....Vicodan.....Tylenol with Codeine... Darvon....Darvocet......Roxacet.......Percocet.. · Bextra is the newest, next generation of NSAIDS. It is simply an anti-inflammatory with no compound to aid in the protection of our GI systems. · It is not just that NSAIDS are "pouch burners" as the industry wants us to believe. · It goes much deeper than that. According to an article published in the June 1999 New England Journal of Medicine, NSAIDS, once absorbed into the blood stream cause a chain of chemical reactions that affect the prostaglandins and this in turn reduces the production of mucus in the GI system. The mucus is what lines our GI system and protects our pouch and intestines from damage. You are at risk for marginal ulcers any time you take an anti-inflammatory medication.

Thanks for the info.