What are some alternative pain meds that can be prescribed for post BBL pain management that are NOT narcotics. I have an allergy to most narcotics as well as an anxiety disorder. The last time I was prescribed a narcotic for pain I had severe panic attacks following.
January 31, 2024
Answer: Recovering from liposuction and fat transfer. In our practice, we do not use narcotics for postoperative pain management for the BBL procedure. We rely on 800 mg of ibuprofen exclusively. We’ve been doing this for the last 10 years and it is exceedingly rare patients. Need anything stronger. We do have an advantage in that we do our procedures with patients awake using a lot of local anesthetic. While local anesthetic is used during general anesthesia procedures, surgeons typically do not spend nearly enough time meticulously injecting tumescent solution if general anesthesia is used. When sufficient numbing medication is used and used correctly patients are reasonably comfortable for the first several hours after the operation which tends to be the most painful part. There are many different ways of managing postoperative pain. The best is preventative with the use of a lot of local anesthetic. Your plastic surgeon should be able to help you and if they are not helpful, then you can seek the consultation of a pain management expert to guide you through the process. Even if general anesthesia used ibuprofen is probably sufficient for patients. This is something you should discuss with your provider. Best, Mats Hagstrom, MD
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January 31, 2024
Answer: Recovering from liposuction and fat transfer. In our practice, we do not use narcotics for postoperative pain management for the BBL procedure. We rely on 800 mg of ibuprofen exclusively. We’ve been doing this for the last 10 years and it is exceedingly rare patients. Need anything stronger. We do have an advantage in that we do our procedures with patients awake using a lot of local anesthetic. While local anesthetic is used during general anesthesia procedures, surgeons typically do not spend nearly enough time meticulously injecting tumescent solution if general anesthesia is used. When sufficient numbing medication is used and used correctly patients are reasonably comfortable for the first several hours after the operation which tends to be the most painful part. There are many different ways of managing postoperative pain. The best is preventative with the use of a lot of local anesthetic. Your plastic surgeon should be able to help you and if they are not helpful, then you can seek the consultation of a pain management expert to guide you through the process. Even if general anesthesia used ibuprofen is probably sufficient for patients. This is something you should discuss with your provider. Best, Mats Hagstrom, MD
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