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Originally Posted by Pattypoo1  I am a pharmacist and I fill these rx's. I have never seen anyone given a tablet after LAP-BAND®. In fact, I would have called the surgeon to get it changed. I have had a lot of customers ask my advice ahead of time to get their current medications changed to all liquids, so I have called a lot of primary care dr's to get these changes made ahead of time. I also tell my customers at that time, here is what is available in liquid for pain, make sure you get one of these. That surgeon should be shot. What an idiot. There is no excuse for that. They don't realize that most of the patients can't read the rx's to question it when they are given the paper.
There is a liquid Vicodin (Lortab elixir-same thing) When I have my surgery, I have already asked for Tylenol with Codeine elixir. You can get oxycodone in liquid as well, but this is in the class II controlled substance and rx has to be written it cannot be called or faxed in. The Lortab can be called in, have them call it in immediately so that you can have proper pain relief.
Best of luck to you |
Thank you for your suggestion. I am actually an ICU nurse, so I was more than a little surprised by the choice of Vicodin myself - and did crush it the first day. As I am not having a lot of pain, unless I try to sleep on my side, I think I am just going to try some liquid tylenol and get my MD to call in an RX for Prevacid Solutabs.
