Comments on: How long before surgery will they tell me to stop using Fentanyl? http://surgerygy.com/surgery/surgery-method/how-long-before-surgery-will-they-tell-me-to-stop-using-fentanyl.surgery Surgery Medical Resources Fri, 29 Jul 2011 22:08:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Pangolin http://surgerygy.com/surgery/surgery-method/how-long-before-surgery-will-they-tell-me-to-stop-using-fentanyl.surgery/comment-page-1#comment-6927 Pangolin Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:58:44 +0000 http://surgerygy.com/surgery/surgery-method/how-long-before-surgery-will-they-tell-me-to-stop-using-fentanyl.surgery#comment-6927 You shouldn't stop it at all. You'll probably go into withdrawal if you do, and that means more work for your anesthesiologist, and you feeling like crap. Usually, I have patients keep the patch in place, and then we supplement with more opiate if needed (depending on the surgery). Just don't put the patch on your arm where the BP cuff might go. You will get instructions before surgery. If they tell you to stop the patch, I'd ask about withdrawal - that's a road you don't want to go down if you can avoid it. You shouldn’t stop it at all. You’ll probably go into withdrawal if you do, and that means more work for your anesthesiologist, and you feeling like crap.

Usually, I have patients keep the patch in place, and then we supplement with more opiate if needed (depending on the surgery). Just don’t put the patch on your arm where the BP cuff might go.

You will get instructions before surgery. If they tell you to stop the patch, I’d ask about withdrawal – that’s a road you don’t want to go down if you can avoid it.

]]> By: JayDM http://surgerygy.com/surgery/surgery-method/how-long-before-surgery-will-they-tell-me-to-stop-using-fentanyl.surgery/comment-page-1#comment-6928 JayDM Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:58:44 +0000 http://surgerygy.com/surgery/surgery-method/how-long-before-surgery-will-they-tell-me-to-stop-using-fentanyl.surgery#comment-6928 all depends on your body. might want to talk to each Dr. about that.... all depends on your body. might want to talk to each Dr. about that….

]]> By: PRGfUSMC http://surgerygy.com/surgery/surgery-method/how-long-before-surgery-will-they-tell-me-to-stop-using-fentanyl.surgery/comment-page-1#comment-6929 PRGfUSMC Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:58:44 +0000 http://surgerygy.com/surgery/surgery-method/how-long-before-surgery-will-they-tell-me-to-stop-using-fentanyl.surgery#comment-6929 Unless your MD has told you to stop your meds prior to surgery, don't! I am assuming that your md knows all of the meds you are taking (they ask every visit I go to). Usually the only kinds you need to stop are NASID's, blood thinners and stuff like that, and those need to be stopped 1-2 weeks prior to surgery. Your MD should have given you a sheet of paper that listed all pre-op instructions including what types of food and drugs not to take (and how long) before surgery. If they did not, you need to call them now and go over your meds and ask for specific instructions on whether to continue or not, this includes any and all herbal and combo vitamin preperations. Make sure to ask if they want you to take your meds the morning of the surgery. They take into account all your meds when they are figuring doses for anesthesia as well as post-op pain meds. Your MD should not have left you feeling this in the dark about what to do unless he/she is unaware of what you are taking, and if this is the case, tell them now before you take a risk with your life. Good Luck, and don't be uninformed. Unless your MD has told you to stop your meds prior to surgery, don’t! I am assuming that your md knows all of the meds you are taking (they ask every visit I go to). Usually the only kinds you need to stop are NASID’s, blood thinners and stuff like that, and those need to be stopped 1-2 weeks prior to surgery. Your MD should have given you a sheet of paper that listed all pre-op instructions including what types of food and drugs not to take (and how long) before surgery. If they did not, you need to call them now and go over your meds and ask for specific instructions on whether to continue or not, this includes any and all herbal and combo vitamin preperations. Make sure to ask if they want you to take your meds the morning of the surgery.

They take into account all your meds when they are figuring doses for anesthesia as well as post-op pain meds. Your MD should not have left you feeling this in the dark about what to do unless he/she is unaware of what you are taking, and if this is the case, tell them now before you take a risk with your life. Good Luck, and don’t be uninformed.

]]> By: John de Witt http://surgerygy.com/surgery/surgery-method/how-long-before-surgery-will-they-tell-me-to-stop-using-fentanyl.surgery/comment-page-1#comment-6930 John de Witt Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:58:44 +0000 http://surgerygy.com/surgery/surgery-method/how-long-before-surgery-will-they-tell-me-to-stop-using-fentanyl.surgery#comment-6930 Long before fentanyl was available in a patch, it was one of the more popular drugs for use by anesthesiologists. You'll want to ask the anesthesiologist, not YA, but chances are, they won't have you stop it at all. Long before fentanyl was available in a patch, it was one of the more popular drugs for use by anesthesiologists. You’ll want to ask the anesthesiologist, not YA, but chances are, they won’t have you stop it at all.

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