Question:
post-op will your meds dosage change

will taking over the counter med's amounts change after surgery , how to determine the correct doseage , since this will they go into the bloodstream faster?    — [Anonymous] (posted on November 28, 2001)

November 27, 2001
We MOs were likely under medicated at the normal dose for OTC drugs. Someimes I would take more because of this belief. Weighing less the dose is probably more accurate. My PCP sometimes said take 3 tylenoil because of your build rather than 2 the package calls for, so he believed the same thing.
   — bob-haller

November 28, 2001
On my month check up I told my doctor that I had taken a childrens dose of cough medicine, she laughed and told me I could always take an adults recommended dose.
   — Lisa J.

November 28, 2001
Some doses wil go up, to compensate for the malabsorption. Some will go down, because your need goes down. Some will need to be changed to a non-timed release. Many of the ladies in my support group had to change to a patch for their estrogen, but as distal as I am, I am still functioning perfectly (& gettting good labs) on my original dosage. There is no SET formula for us. Pay attention to how you feel, warn your docs to watch your labs. And then, you asked about OTC. The forms may change, too. We can't absorb the oilgel types. We don't absorb ferrous SULFATE, for example. Stuff like that.
   — vitalady

November 28, 2001
i agree with bob. in fact, i seem to ALWAYS agree with whatever bob says lolol. we must have a lot in common. anyway...i always believed that most meds should be dosed by the persons size. as growing children, more often than not, my childrens doses were given according to their weight. many many times i have been asked by a dr in the process of writing a script for me...how much do u weigh? as far as otc meds go i take the recommended dose if i am using it for the first time. i pay close attention to how the med worked for me & then decide if i needed more or not. eg: i also use 3 tylenol extra strength cause 2 does nothing but 3 does, a little more than 2 teaspoons of robitussin works better for me than the recommended 2 teaspoons. so i fully expect that after my new birthday on dec 11 & the subsequent weight loss i will have to 'adjust' how i take my meds.
   — sheryl titone

November 28, 2001
I had the DS surgery in may and all my meds are the same now as they were before hand. I take anti-inflammatories, depression meds and painkillers and muscle relaxers. I also take asthma meds and migraine meds , all with no problem.
   — C. L.