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See your doctor right away if you begin to have symptoms of ulcers.
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Unless you have a history of ulcers, there's no reason to think that 3 doses of toradol will give you one! We are no more likely to get an ulcer than anyone else, it's just that if we do get one, our remnant stomach cannot be scoped. Bearing in mind that most people with ulcers get them at the stoma, and most ulcer diagnoses are made without scoping, you really have very little to worry about! If you have a history of ulcers, then NSAID use of any kind is not a good idea.
People who take NSAIDS on a regular basis (some people take pain relief every day) are the ones who have to worry - just as they would have to if they had never had WLS! Of course there will always be the person who got a death threatening ulcer from one ibuprofen - just as there are women who have 5 day labours and people who die during their RNY surgery (eyeroll!)
There's a lot of scaremongering on this site on this subject!
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This was my assumption too - I could not find any peer reviewed studies indicating that RNY post op patients were at an increased rate of ulcers just because they had the surgery (please if someone knows of a study/finds one post it because I genuinely would be interested)...My understanding is that it is just harder to properly diagnose since you cannot scope the blind stomach for obvious reasons. And anyone with ulcer history it's contra-indicated (surgery or not). My surgeon and dietitian said it was ok to take an NSAID on a full stomach once in a while if all other methods of pain relief do not work...When I read all of the information on here about NSAID's I was very concerned and nervous, I too was given Toradol while in the hospital (and that was right after surgery) to get pain under control...
OP - just avoid it as much as you can, but I would not stress about it unless you have a history of ulcers, have symptoms of an ulcer or are taking NSAID's on a regular basis without doctor approval/awareness (they will probably put you on a medication to help prevent ulcers in a scenario like that).
on 11/22/13 1:01 am
I am so sorry to hear this--I wish they'd made a choice to use something that was not an NSAID.
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I've had Torodol several times in the hospital without any problems. In fact, I prefer it to narcotics. By virtue of your RNY, you are at a higher risk for ulcers than the general population and are advised not to take NSAIDs like Torodol (and Ibuprofen, aspirin, naproxen sodium, etc) under normal cir****tances, BUT doing so under the care of a doctor when nothing else works seems like acceptable risk with appropriate monitoring (especially since it is a hospital setting).
That is not correct. NSAIDS work systemically. When they enter the blood stream, they cause the lining of the stomach - both the pouch and the blind stomach - to think, which can cause ulcers.
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.