motrin and stuff

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Dan,

In fact, this was discussed by the Surgeon Panel at the Seattle Bash

this year. This is comments from Dr. Rumbaut, Kuri, Ortiz, Neal and

Fisher. They don't know where the rumor got started but it is ok to

take NSAIDs. Dr. Ortiz did a rendition of a patient calling him

saying the patient couldn't take motrin. He said why not. The patient

said a " expert " on one of the other boards said he couldn't. After

arguing with the patient, Dr. Ortiz said, did you go to the " self

proclaimed expert " or did you come to me for surgery. There was more

to the story but you get the drift. The surgeons said there is no

proof, that this is a myth, that these meds cause erosion to the

band. They said this myth has been blown out of proportion. Like any

meds, if they stay in the pouch for an extended time and don't get

flushed through the band they will cause erosion and other not so

nice things. If they or any meds flushed through the band but stay in

the stomach they will also cause problems. They suggested that all

meds should be taken with a full glass of water.

A word of warning. There have been several recent stories of motrin -

high doses(greater than 1800mg day) for extended amounts of time

causing kidney damage. If you have been on these long term , there

are new meds out, that don't appear to be as damaging and one might

want to talk with their doc about this.

Dan, Sorry about your brother being ill, how is he doing?. Are you

doing ok. Joanne in Seattle.

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In , honu@... wrote:

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> I'm not Sandy, but Inamed and most docs say that you should use NO

NSAIDs (Non Steroidal Anti Inflamatory Drugs), such as ibuprofen,

advil, etc, etc. Tylenol is ok.

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> I will say that I've taken ibuprofen on occasion with no distress

or problem that I know of. So have others. But like many things,

your success may depend on how well you follow the rules.

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> dan

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> RE: Re: port location pain

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> > Hi Sandy,

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> > Just curious.. what's the " no nsaid " rule?

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