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In the past two years I have had two completely different hospital pain medication experiences. In the same hospital, same floor.
In the first experience I was severely under medicated and did resort to having my mother (of all people) sneak my meds in on a daily basis to supplement their "pain management". Of course, I would never recommend this or tell anyone the best places to keep them, or best times to take them, or anything like that.
In October I went to the emergency room, my first comment to the doctor was " I normally take between 1-4 Lorcets Plus a day, I have taken six in the last four hours and I can't tell I have taken a thing!" My blood pressure was high and I was very obviously in pain, no one questioned what I had already taken, just shot me up with demerol, and went up from there. After major surgery several days later I was on a pump with dilaudid and being given other meds through IV push when needed.
My advice, taper now IF you can, be honest about what you normally take, and give them the chance to treat you in the manner medical science provides for. If that does not work, have a backup plan.
Also make sure you mention it to the anesthesiologist in the talk you have with him before the surgery. Sometimes people who have narcotic tolerance can be hard to put under. I made sure to mention it in the last several operations I have had. I had a couple that I remembered them putting the tube down my throat. I learned to tell that to the anesthesia doc and in the ones since then I don't even remember going to the OR.
I hope everything turns out well!
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