Question:
Is there a list of approved medications after wls?

I am 5 years post op and get frustrated when I am prescribed a new medication. Of course the more people you ask...the more varied responses you get! :) Thanks! Carol    — carolydavis (posted on August 24, 2006)

August 25, 2006
what type of medications are you speaking of? I am 4 years post op and I do not take prescriptions, well only one, sometimes if I eat something funky I have prescrption for my tummy spansums. I have found what agravates that and I keep from those foods... gassy veggies... Hope I hear back from you... Celeste from 327 to 125, now a true winner of WLS... 16% of healthy body fat
   — shakeyourweight

August 25, 2006
I don't think there is any approved list of any medications. All you will find, if someone sends you a link, is a list of every NSAID ever made, as well as every timed release medication, with wording that makes it sound as though you will be committing suicide if you take anything on the list. I am almost 4 years out, and have had to be on different prescription medications for varying reasons, so my advice is to see if the doc will give you samples and see how you tolerate the different medications. Use common sense, and if you have any questions about a medication, call your bariatric surgeon's office. I would trust my surgeon's opinion more than anyone else's.
   — koogy

August 25, 2006
I think your dr might prescribe a blood thinner in a shot, such as we were given when we had our surgery--lovenox
   — geneswife

August 25, 2006
sorry, I answered the wrong question.
   — geneswife

August 25, 2006
I can send you a list of known pouch-burners, if you email me privately. Whether or not you take them is your option, but good to know what is a common side-effect. I have gotten much older since my surgery and take several rx that have nothing to do with WLS or its effects, so I am careful in what form they are. And as one person said, if you can manage some samples, do it! I also remind my doc of these things: 1. is it a known pouch burner? 2. is it timed release? 3. do I need more of it or less of it because of my malabsorption? 4. Please make the doses smaller so I can take them more often, such as Keflex (antibiotic) is usually offered as two 500mg's. That hurts my pouch and I doubt that I get the whole 500mg. So, I prefer four of the 250mg's. No pain and I space them out. I wish there were no presscriptions necessary, but I am a klutz, cut my thumb artery with a yam can lid (I hate yams), dropped a knife on my foot...... well, you get the picture.
   — vitalady

August 28, 2006
I had the same question. My expeerience was with an asthma med called thyeophiline. It requires a monthly blood level as it could be toxic. The docs wanted to give it to me via liquid in the same dose. I was wise in knowing that it is absorbed differently and is effected in that way by many different factors. Death can occur from becomming toxic. I have done a literature review and have not found many studies on medications and gastric bypass or WLS. This would be a great topic for an achedemic study. I too seek as much as I can about medications. I don't want to take risks with attempts and use of medications that may make me sick or death. Educate your self.
   — Tammy Douglas