friend still refuses to believe that NSAIDS cause ulcers!

siberiancat
on 9/1/11 2:42 am - COLUMBIA CITY, IN

I have not purposely taken a NSAID since RNY. I had plastic surgery 3 months ago and found out they gave me IV Torodol - even when I told them I could not take NSAIDS. I had 2 doses and started having "burning" in my pouch. I started myself on Aciphex ( I had some at home) and took it for 2 weeks (twice a day) and the burning stopped.

I'm convinced it was from the Torodol. Personally, I wouldn't risk it. Close call for me.

Penny
Highest Weight 255 * Wt loss includes 19 lb lost before surgery

Cicerogirl, The PhD
Version
on 9/1/11 6:42 am - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

Yeah, they tried to give me Toradol when I had the kidney stone AND it was one of the three options they gave me in the hospital after surgery this week, so that is one that we really need to be on the lookout for (which probably means having to ask what you will be given ahead of time since many doctors and nurses apparently don;t think of Toradol as an NSAID).

If he needs to take it, he needs to take it, but I don't understand why, especially with a history of ulcers post-op, he wouldn't at least ask about it and get somethign to protect his pouch.

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

poet_kelly
on 9/1/11 8:04 am - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

How is it that they don't know Toradol is an NSAID? Docs do learn some pharmacology in medical school, don't they? Do nurses not learn anything about different types of drugs in nursing school?

Kelly

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.

Cicerogirl, The PhD
Version
on 9/1/11 10:04 am - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

You would think they both would know, but when I had the kidney stone I had to tell BOTH nurses who were in the room that I was SURE it was a NSAID and they had to go find out.

What surprised me more than that, though, was that it was one of the three options after my surgery this week because 1) my RNY surgeon did the surgery and she tells us NO NSAIDs and 2) I was on the bariatric wing so that should not have even been an option for me (although perhaps my chart did not flag me as a RNY patient... and obviously the otehr WLS folks CAN have it... when the nurse gave me the three options and I mentioned the toradol being an NSAID, she said something along the lines of "oh, yeah,you have a RNY", so she did know it wasn;t appropriate for me).

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

poet_kelly
on 9/2/11 12:15 am - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

I've heard a number of other people tell similar stories. At least one person told me that an ER nurse kept insisting that it was not an NSAID. Seems like pretty basic information that they should know. What if someone was allergic to NSAIDS or something? And what good does it do me to have 'No NSAIDS" on my medical ID bracelet if doctors and nurses don't even know what an NSAID is? There's not enough room on that bracelet to provide a list of all of them!

Kelly

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.

DisneyLover
on 9/1/11 4:16 am - WI

RNY on 12/30/10

I went to an orthopedic doctor 2 weeks ago for my tailbone pain. Everything checked out OK (no breaks or tumors) and he said, well maybe we can try this drug blah blah to remove any possible inflamation that is causing you pain and then he says, wait, you can't take NSAID's. I was shocked that he knew this. He knew I had surgery and he said he knows 1 other patient that had RNY and just remembers reading something years ago. Made me feel good that he really knows his stuff.

Sarah

Sunbunnyqt
on 9/2/11 12:29 am, edited 9/2/11 12:38 am - FL

RNY on 10/12/11

Is there a comprehensive list of NSAIDS that we can reference ourselves so we can be proactive? I have taken very few prescribed meds so I'm not familiar with what to watch out for.

Cicerogirl, The PhD
Version
on 9/2/11 1:08 am - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

I had a printed list once upon a time, but don;t know where it is right now. An internet search on "presscription NSAID list" would probably yield one.

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

Sunbunnyqt
on 9/2/11 1:25 am - FL

RNY on 10/12/11

I found this list online but it does not list the Toradol that was mentioned earlier unless it is another name for something on the list. http://lyberty.com/encyc/articles/nsaid.html

Cicerogirl, The PhD
Version
on 9/2/11 9:57 am - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

It may not not listed because it is not something that a doctor would give you a prescription for (like vicodin or morphine, it is apparently primarily used in hospitals).

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.

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