tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post8102160519822498274..comments2024-03-28T11:58:42.109-07:00Comments on Raconteur Report: First AidAesophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-19194459169398706702014-02-28T20:35:31.193-08:002014-02-28T20:35:31.193-08:00I try. Thanks for reading, and the comment.
All o...I try. Thanks for reading, and the comment.<br /><br />All opioid pain relievers from Vicodin to heroin slow digestion, fairly rapidly, which is what brings on the nausea - basically slamming the brakes on your digestive tract.<br /><br />That continues in that your large intestine now has much longer to do its job (of sucking the water out of your turds and recycling it for digesting the next meal), to the point that your stool becomes hard as a rock, and you get constipated. So you get pain relief now, and constipation pain later, if you don't increase fluid intake when possible and add a stool softener like Colace, which used to be Rx, but is now OTC.<br />Also, in hospital, smart doctors order an anti-nausea med with opioid pain relievers, and smart nurses give that med first, then push the opioid meds that are IV s-l-o-w-l-y, over a couple of minutes, and not in a heroin junkie-style 1 second slam.<br /><br />Unless the pt. is a jerk and they want to make him puke as punishment. I can't recall specifics, but I know I've seen that happen a time or two.Aesophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07834464741531503378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-714028479313834812.post-3632466338938901892014-02-28T03:40:41.646-08:002014-02-28T03:40:41.646-08:00I did not know about the nausea and vomiting being...I did not know about the nausea and vomiting being normal side effects for morphine, etc..<br /><br />I had it happen to me after major back surgery many years ago after a shot of Demeral and assumed it was an allergic reaction as I have always had a high tolerance for pain killers.<br /><br />Good info here, thanks.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15695733883033137146noreply@blogger.com