Question:
I dont see my surgeon until the 29th, I am wondering if I should stop taking my bextr
— Kathy S. (posted on August 22, 2003)
August 22, 2003
Why are you on the bextr? Is it for arthritis? I wouldn't stop taking it
yet. Make sure your surgeon knows you are tkaing it and ask him/her how
soon prior to surgery you need to stop. Usually 2 weeks to 1 month prior
is sufficient. Good luck!
— [Deactivated Member]
August 22, 2003
No matter why you are taking it you should be quitting it 1 week before
surgery. That is plenty of time. So if you are seeing the surgeon 1 weeks
before surgery then it's not necessary to quit until that time. If it's
very close to surgery then quit at 1 week.
<p>I had to also quit my Bextra 1 week before and let me tell you it
was not a pleasant week, but you have no choice. Make sure you have some
tylenol in the house as it is something you can take and will at least help
a little. I heard from all different parts of my body in that week than I
have heard from for years. Sometimes I wondered just how much it was doing
for me, well I definitely found out. The bizarre part was that I went 1
month after surgery with zero of the problems and I quite pain meds at 5
days PO. At 4 weeks my Fibromyalgia flared up and I was hurting pretty
bad. The surgeon gave me the okay to go back on it even though it's not
desirable, but he said if it was the difference between moving and not
moving then take the Bextra, but break in half and put into the chewed food
right before I swallowed it. I tried to stick it out for another 2-3 weeks
and finally gave in. It did help. I stayed on it for about 2 months after
I started taking it and then quit again. I also took it at 4-1/2 months
for a month because I was going on vacation and I wanted to be able to do
whatever I wanted. Once I was back home I quit it again. I am not pain
free but the aches and pains are tolerable and about how I was before
surgery, even with the Bextra. No question getting off 150 lbs has taken
some of the stress off my body. Some days the fibro and other joint pains
are more than others but they don't stay bad so it's workable. I'd rather
try and limit my use to just very occassionally so as not to end up with
ulcers etc.
— zoedogcbr
August 22, 2003
Call the surgeon's office and ask. I have severe arthritis and they let me
take ibuprofen up til midnight the night before my open RNY. You didn't
say if your visit to the surgeon is your first consultation or a pre-op
visit.
— Patty_Butler
January 2, 2005
I too have RA and Fibro, and so far my bypass doctor doesn't want me on
anything. I do take vicodin 8 times a day which was helping for a long
time, but now it is getting to the point that it isn't enough. I live in
Maine and the weather is awful on my body. I am kind of a wits ends, the
pain is so bad sometimes I just sit there and cry. or don't get out from
underneath my electric blanket. So I can understand exactly what you are
talking about. Good luck!!!!
— Bridget M.
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