Meds after breast augmentation

Hi all

Nads has just given me a good idea about setting an alarm every 4 hours for my meds. Just wondering, did you do this throught the night at first too, or just in the daytime?

And also for all of you post-op ladies - what did you take? Did the hospital prescribe you something quite strong at first? I don't want to take codeine as I don't want the tummy probs that go with it....that was the worst thing about having my wisdom teeth out - it was agony. So will they prescribe me something else, and how long will I take that for, roughly?

I've bought supplies of paracetamol & ibruprofen but I'm guessing I'll need something stronger for the first few days? After having my second baby (had a third degree tear & episiotomy - ouch!) I took something beginning with D, which apparently is the same as Voltarol, which I notice you can buy over the counter now. That seemed really good. I think it's what they prescribe for C-sections.

Anyway, any advice on pain relief would be fantastic if you don't mind, girls

C x

Your anaesthetist/ps should prescribe you with something hun, it usually is co-codamol/codiene unfortunately but i didnt even need it, he said only take it if you're having a really bad day-which i never did! I just took 2 ibuprofen and 1 paracetomal every 4 hours.
I wouldnt wake up in the night to take it but i would take it right before i went to sleep. It would've been good to wake myself and take it as the morning boob ache was bad for the first 2-3 days. Some ps dont recommend ibuprofen until 2 weeks later so write down what they say is ok to take.

xxx

Hey there,

I can't take codeine, so I told the hospital this & they gave me 400mg Ibuprofen instead (to take one tablet, three times a day). In all honesty though, I haven't needed it :-)

Xx

I was given co-dydramol & tramadol & i took them regularly throughout the day & before i went to bed, didntbother through the night, Tramadol always knocks me out anyway!

Maybe ask about tramadol, its prescription only so might be worth trying that

I hate codene, or co-anything to be honest. I only took two paracetamol and two iproprufen whenever i felt like I needed it.

I still have a full pack of codene left!

As long as you don't overdo it you should be ok with just paracetamol and ibro.

xx

Thanks everyone. Hopefully I won't need anything stronger either, but I'll make sure I get a prescription just incase!

C x

I cant remember what i was given ive got the empty packets somewhere though lol, but i had 3 lots of tablets. Pain killers, anti-inflammatory & antiobiotics. Took the antiobiotics for a week (finished the full course) & the others for a little longer. I wasnt in much pain though & I didnt wake up through the night, just took them every 4 hours x

I was given one antibiotic tablet after my op with painkillers and one in the morning, they were called Augmentum

Hiya, i was given 30mg codiene which makeme sooo rowsy an Diclofenac too that was really good!