RE: Medication Before Surgery

[Guest guest]

Dear Pat - I was told to try to go off all anti-inflammatory meds/herbal

medications such as Ibuprofen, flaxseed oil, ginger, garlic, tumurac,

etc as soon as possible and did that one month prior to surgery. In any

event I had to be completely off these anti-inflammatory meds/herbal

supplements 1.5weeks prior to surgery. I took Tylenol/codeine right up

until the day of surgery a sleeping pill given to me at the hospital the

night before surgery. Hope this helps and best of luck.

RBHR De Smet 2/4/04

Medication Before Surgery

At my pre-admission session, I was told to continue taking Vioxx,

Tylenol 3, & sleeping pills right up to the time of surgery.

Is every Dr. different? I notice some of the Belgium hippies had to

stop taking medication weeks before the surgery date.

My surgery is in 2 weeks time & I'm definitely lessening the amount

of pills I stuff into my mouth.....just in case

_____

[Guest guest]

Must depend on the surgeon. I was told to continue taking tylenol

and Vioxx but to stop taking some of the other meds, aspirin,

vitamins and herbal supplements five days before surgery.

Fred

rC2K Dr. Gross 1/21/04

> At my pre-admission session, I was told to continue taking Vioxx,

> Tylenol 3, & sleeping pills right up to the time of surgery.

> Is every Dr. different? I notice some of the Belgium hippies had

to

> stop taking medication weeks before the surgery date.

> My surgery is in 2 weeks time & I'm definitely lessening the amount

> of pills I stuff into my mouth.....just in case

[Guest guest]

To all: A general medication question: Have any of you heard of or had

experience with either or both of the following drugs, which someone told me

stop

the progression of arthritis: " Enbrel " or " Remicade? "

Maureen

(rhip, s/Corin, 10/31/02)

[Guest guest]

To all: A general medication question: Have any of you heard of or had

experience with either or both of the following drugs, which someone told me

stop

the progression of arthritis: " Enbrel " or " Remicade? "

Maureen

(rhip, s/Corin, 10/31/02)

[Guest guest]

Enbrel and Remicade are a class of arthritis medications known as DMARDs,

disease modifying arthritis drugs. A third in the same class is called

Humira. Unlike the anti-inflammatories (like Indocin, ibuprofen, arthrotec,

Naproxin Sodium, etc), and -II inhibitors (Vioxx and Celebrex), the

DMARDs actually stop the arthritis itself, not just work on the inflammation

symptoms.

I'll let the pharmacists describe the process in detail but my understanding

is that they block the action of TNF-a, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, a

protein that is part of the chain of reactions that causes the immune system

to destroy cartilage. I believe they are prescribed to people with the most

debilitating and expanding symptoms with Rhuematoid (RA) and reactive

arthritis who don't respond to the NSAIDs or -IIs.

They are expensive and carry risks of lowering the patient's overall

resistence to disease and possibly cancers (TNF-a has a useful purpose,

too). Enbrel and Humira are administered by injection, and Remicade is

administered with methotrexate in a IV process, but only needs to been done

every 8 weeks. Another common DMARD option is more frequent (and larger?)

doses of methotrexate alone. Methotrexate is a lower-dose form of a cancer

drug, and can have side effects like nausea, etc.

I have a friend who is on the Remicade treatment plan, she seems to be doing

better now, she had a hip replacement in her early twenties and a fairly

difficult revision about 7 years later, as the RA really revved up the

reaction to the poly debris, before these new DMARDs were available.

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Re: Medication Before Surgery

To all: A general medication question: Have any of you heard of or had

experience with either or both of the following drugs, which someone told me

stop

the progression of arthritis: " Enbrel " or " Remicade? "

Maureen

(rhip, s/Corin, 10/31/02)

[Guest guest]

Enbrel and Remicade are a class of arthritis medications known as DMARDs,

disease modifying arthritis drugs. A third in the same class is called

Humira. Unlike the anti-inflammatories (like Indocin, ibuprofen, arthrotec,

Naproxin Sodium, etc), and -II inhibitors (Vioxx and Celebrex), the

DMARDs actually stop the arthritis itself, not just work on the inflammation

symptoms.

I'll let the pharmacists describe the process in detail but my understanding

is that they block the action of TNF-a, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, a

protein that is part of the chain of reactions that causes the immune system

to destroy cartilage. I believe they are prescribed to people with the most

debilitating and expanding symptoms with Rhuematoid (RA) and reactive

arthritis who don't respond to the NSAIDs or -IIs.

They are expensive and carry risks of lowering the patient's overall

resistence to disease and possibly cancers (TNF-a has a useful purpose,

too). Enbrel and Humira are administered by injection, and Remicade is

administered with methotrexate in a IV process, but only needs to been done

every 8 weeks. Another common DMARD option is more frequent (and larger?)

doses of methotrexate alone. Methotrexate is a lower-dose form of a cancer

drug, and can have side effects like nausea, etc.

I have a friend who is on the Remicade treatment plan, she seems to be doing

better now, she had a hip replacement in her early twenties and a fairly

difficult revision about 7 years later, as the RA really revved up the

reaction to the poly debris, before these new DMARDs were available.

-

Re: Medication Before Surgery

To all: A general medication question: Have any of you heard of or had

experience with either or both of the following drugs, which someone told me

stop

the progression of arthritis: " Enbrel " or " Remicade? "

Maureen

(rhip, s/Corin, 10/31/02)

[Guest guest]

Enbrel and Remicade are a class of arthritis medications known as DMARDs,

disease modifying arthritis drugs. A third in the same class is called

Humira. Unlike the anti-inflammatories (like Indocin, ibuprofen, arthrotec,

Naproxin Sodium, etc), and -II inhibitors (Vioxx and Celebrex), the

DMARDs actually stop the arthritis itself, not just work on the inflammation

symptoms.

I'll let the pharmacists describe the process in detail but my understanding

is that they block the action of TNF-a, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, a

protein that is part of the chain of reactions that causes the immune system

to destroy cartilage. I believe they are prescribed to people with the most

debilitating and expanding symptoms with Rhuematoid (RA) and reactive

arthritis who don't respond to the NSAIDs or -IIs.

They are expensive and carry risks of lowering the patient's overall

resistence to disease and possibly cancers (TNF-a has a useful purpose,

too). Enbrel and Humira are administered by injection, and Remicade is

administered with methotrexate in a IV process, but only needs to been done

every 8 weeks. Another common DMARD option is more frequent (and larger?)

doses of methotrexate alone. Methotrexate is a lower-dose form of a cancer

drug, and can have side effects like nausea, etc.

I have a friend who is on the Remicade treatment plan, she seems to be doing

better now, she had a hip replacement in her early twenties and a fairly

difficult revision about 7 years later, as the RA really revved up the

reaction to the poly debris, before these new DMARDs were available.

-

Re: Medication Before Surgery

To all: A general medication question: Have any of you heard of or had

experience with either or both of the following drugs, which someone told me

stop

the progression of arthritis: " Enbrel " or " Remicade? "

Maureen

(rhip, s/Corin, 10/31/02)