Sleeping pills / medication absorption after roux-en-y?
I am seriously considering this surgery due to ongoing regain of weight. I will likely need to go with this surgery as I can't do a sleeve due to bad reflux history.
My main concern is that I have chronic lifelong insomnia. Due to other medical issues I require benodiazapine sleeping pills & ambien, and I will likely require them for the rest of my life.
Has anyone else been on sleeping pills BEFORE & AFTER the roux-en-y surgery, and did you notice any difference is absorption?.... if so, how much extra medication did you require.
Thanks in advance.
I had RNY 11 years ago on July 8th. I've had sleep problems since 1998. I took Ambien before and after surgery and it knocked me out; however, my PCP wanted me off Ambien and I had some strange things happen when I took Ambien and didn't go right to bed.
Since then, I have taken many O-T-C sleep aids. I tried Trazadone but it knocked me out for about 18 hours. I currently take a sleep aid because if I don't I won't sleep.
~Jo~
RNY: July 8, 2008
Dr. John Price
Kansas City, MO
I don't take sleeping pills, but I take other medication. Absorbtion can be different for everyone. What would work for one person, may not work for someone else.
I noticed change how well I absorb medication if I take them by themselves, with jus****er or tea, or taken with food. Even after 11 years post op, I think I still malabsorb fats and proteins. I had my GB removed app 6 months after my RNY, and some fats are not digested or absorb very well. Taking meds while I also eat food with that type of fat, could cause malabsorption of that food and any medication I take with that.
Hala. RNY 5/14/2008; Happy At Goal =HAG
"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
I have taken them both before and after RNY and not really noticed any difference. Ambien works to put me to sleep but doesn't keep me asleep. I now take Lunesta and I usually get 6 hours of sleep. We are all different but it isn't something I would worry about. After RNY we cannot take time released medications.
5'5" Age 67 HW 291 SW 275.8 CW 172.9
I also suffer from insomnia. Unfortunately I'm allergic to Ambien. I take Trazadone and haven't had any absorption issues.
I was was diagnosed with apnea prior but also straight insomnia previously (basically a problem not found diagnosis). I was hopeful that after bypass I would finally feel rested. Unfortunately that was not the case and while I no longer have apnea I still suffer from insomnia. So you are smart to look into this.
HW: 287 SW: 266 CW: 149.2