What is the best recommended pain medication after liposuction?

Most of my patients are just a bit sore after lipo and often I give them a small number of vicodin to help ease the pain for a few days. Most just take extra stregth tylenol.

It is unusual patients are not given sufficient pain medication after surgery in the United States.If anything doctors are sometimes blamed for overprescribing.Most doctors will give it a prescription for narcotic pain medication to take care of postoperative pain.This is almost always sufficient to keep patients comfortable.Many patients tolerate switching to ibuprofen a few days after the procedure.The most commonly prescribed prescription pain medication in the United States is hydrocodone in combination with Tylenol.Your plastic surgeon should easily be able to manage your postoperative pain.Best,Mats Hagstrom M.D.