Why Are You Told Not To Take Hydrocodone Before Your Surgery For 5 Days (Top voted first)

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my husband has to have surgery in 5 days he was told to stop taking hydrocodone immediately his pain isnt tolerable with only tylenol why cant he have the hydrocodone nowxl

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The reason why docs do this is to lower your tolerance so that the pain meds will be more effective to reduce pain after surgery. Many long term users of pain meds build a tolerance and then need a stronger pain reliever following surgery to manage pain. Hope this helps

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Jamie Cassie,

Well it depends on the amount you use and the duration.the reason they request this is two fold.firstly they want your post op pain meds to be more effective but more importantly levels of opiates or anyother cns depressants can have a marked change during surgical anesthesia support. Not a good idea to take anything.if you have please inform the surgical team for saftey reasons. Best wishes, hope all turns out well.....

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Hi lucy,

According the webpage linked below, the reason why one has to discontinue Hydrocodone well in advance of surgery, is because the medication will prolong bleeding times.

Ref:becomehealthynow.com/popups/drugs2_bh.htm

Although I do wonder why Tylenol is considered to be safe during this time, since it seems to have blood thinning effects as well. Can anyone else find details on this?

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What if you dont stop taking ur lortab before surgrey? I mean as long as u don't take it the day of the surgrey would i be ok

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