Let's talk about opiods and c-sections...

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Anonymous wrote:A few things to consider:

1. It takes only 5-6 days of around the clock opioid administration before dependence starts. This is a very short period of time.

2. Your doctor should look at how much you have needed during the hospital stay and discharge you with the number of pills according to each individual’s use. There is no need to give someone 30 tabs if they haven’t used Percocet once.

3. There are alernatives including TAP blocks and pre-op gabapentin (not mainstream yet).

4. If you do use narcotics, ask your doctor how to safely get rid of the unused medication. Don’t keep it around in case your knee hurts later or in case a family member is in pain...

5. Motrin is your friend it stops uterine contraction pain.

Why is this in expectant moms tied to c sections instead of health and medicine tied to all surgeries

I’ll answer because I started it. I put it here because I have only had one type of surgery—c-sections. I’ve had two of those and felt that they pushed oral narcotics on me that were not necessary for me and counter-productive to my recovery. I was interested whether the recommendations had changed given the more recent attention being given to issues of over-prescription (it looks like they have based on what people have been saying). I’m not interested in women being in pain and I am very sorry that some women were not given access to the pain medication they needed. I am sorry I started the thread as my intent was certainly not to make anyone feel bad about their choices or the pain they had. I think all women should be able to make informed medical choices with their doctors. I don’t think any doctor every told me about the pros and cons of any pain medicine—the nurses gave it to me and told me to take it whether or not I was in pain. This was two different hospitals in the DC metro area, but it was a few years ago.

Did they hold you down and force it down your throat? This whole thread is such b*llshit.

Exactly. It's just standard birth misogyny. Nothing new.

Definitely. I'll just be over here waiting for the concern trolly thread about narcotic prescriptions after dental work. I'm not going to hold my breath though since men get dental work done too.....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^Exactly. They can prescribe and even strongly recommend, but no doctor or nurse can actually force you to take medication, unless you are unconscious. FFS, I had a doctor strongly recommend a drug for me, and I wasn’t comfortable taking it while breastfeeding. It was clear he didn’t like that I was going against his advice, but he didn’t force it on me, or give me an “F-“ grade, or egg my car.

Grow up. Do research, ask questions, make your choices.

Yup, this!

If OP were so freaking concerned, this would be about all surgeries with opioids offered and pain management, as a general Health thread.