NSAIDS - even once?
It has been a long while since I've been on this board - I took a trip over to the pregnancy board for the year and now I am back to my regular RNY questions.
I know we are not supposed to take NSAIDS and I have been very diligent about not using them since my surgery 3 years ago.
I am currently experiencing brutal back spasms and my husband has some Robaxecet Platinum which contains an NSAID. Will I do damage if I just use some over the weekend until I cn see my doctor on Tuesday? My Tylenol 3s are not helping in the least!!
Thanks
Jenn
Baby Boy Julian Frederick
Born August 11, 2011
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.
NSAIDS can cause ulcers because they cause the lining of the stomach (the old stomach and the pouch) to thin out. This does NOT happen when the medication enters the pouch or touches the pouch. It happens when the medicine enters your blood stream. That’s why you can get ulcers in your old stomach. NSAIDS taken by mouth don’t touch the old stomach but can still cause ulcers there.
Any way you take an NSAID – pill, liquid, shot, IV, patch, gel – it gets into your blood stream.
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.
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.
But NSAIDS do not cause ulcers by sitting there on the lining of the skin.
NSAIDS can cause ulcers because they cause the lining of the stomach (the old stomach and the pouch) to thin out. This does NOT happen when the medication enters the pouch or touches the pouch. It happens when the medicine enters your blood stream. That’s why you can get ulcers in your old stomach. NSAIDS taken by mouth don’t touch the old stomach but can still cause ulcers there.
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.
