HELP! What type of meds do you take for pain?

Hello All, It's been a while since I've last posted. I'm nearly 3 years out and haven't had any problems my trusty liquid Tylenol couldn't solve. Now I am dealing with Scoliosis, Degenerative Disk Disease, and bulging disks. Or so the doctors say. Mind you, I'm in Korea seeing Army doctors. I don't have a lot of faith in them. Anyway, two days ago the pain in my back was so severe I found myself in the ER. The doc was talking with my husband (as if I weren't even there ) about what to prescribe me for pain. I was sent home with Flexeril (sp?). My question to you all is, what is safe to take for major pain? I am concerned about my pouch and ulcers. I'm hoping to go for my doctor appointment tomorrow with suggestions I receive from you all since no one on this peninsula has any experience with WLS . HELP!!! Bex

NSAIDs (Advil, aspirin) are the no-no's. Flexeril is fine.  I take that, too. Narcotics, either cut with tylenol or straight, are fine too.  These include darvocet, perccocet, vicodin, lortab, tylenol 3, tylox, norco, oxycontin, tramadol, etc. A few others that have been used for chronic pain (and no, I have no clue if these are options for your issues): gabapentin (neurontin) and lyrica. Maybe this will help you out?

Andrea, you are an ANGEL! Thanks so much for replying. I remember the doctor asking if Percocet was alright and neither my husband nor I could remember. I am going to jot down the meds you mentioned and take them to my appointment tomorrow. Again, thank you! Bex

I will just say that chronic pain blows. I have all those that I mentioned in my medicine cabinet as we speak.  I am a junkie's dream.

...yes u are...

Good thing I don't have an addictive personality, eh?

I've taken percoset, vicodin, and morephine sulfate.  I had disc issues.  Just had a spinal fusion a few weeks ago. Flexeril is a muscle relaxant and that is fine too. Kathy

Sorry....Need to hijack this post for a moment!   Kathy!  How are you doing?  I was wondering about you and here you are...So I figured I'd ask while I have you cornered!  LOL Did your surgery go smooth?  I hope so!  Hope you are feeling better... Hugs...

Hey, Anita! I'm doing pretty well.  My surgery went better than I expected except for the blood loss.  Low blood makes your head spin and it harder to breathe.  What a couple of units of blood will fix!!! I start back at work part time tomorrow.  Hope it goes okay.  Lots of nerve pain down my leg but my back itself feels better. Hugs back at ya, Kathy

I have the vsg and although it is different I have a slight ulcer so I take prevacid before I take any medications and that really helps