Dilaudid Before Surgery
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I've been taking 2-4 norco 5-325 almost daily for about 3 months. I have large cysts on my ovaries along with endometriosis and adanonmyosis. I'm in pain about 3 weeks out of the month. I'm having surgery on Thursday the 11th to remove the cysts and one ovary and burning the endometriosis tissue. I ran out of pills a few days ago and of course my doctor is on vacation and not responding. My friend has hydromorphone left over from a old surgery/ injury but what I've read says not to take it before surgery. I'm having some withdrawal symptoms and I'm worried the withdrawal will affect the surgery but I'm worried about taking themy before surgery also. I'm in a lot of pain and plain tylenol is not helping.

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I'm having a total hip replacement and my Dr. prescribed 2mg Dilaudid (2-3 pills every 3 hrs). Is this a strong pill for that kind of surgery?

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I think in this unique situation it would probably be pertinent that you contact the surgeon / anesthesiologist who is performing your operation. These individuals would be able to help you weigh out the risks vs benefits and put things into perspective for your own safety pre, intra & post op.

If you can't get ahold of the doctor, surgeon or any other part of their team who's involved in your care, then something seems wrong with that picture...Personally, I'd continue to call over and over, day after day until a response is given to your satisfaction. I mean if you're going to be knocked out under their whit and whim, not being able to get in touch with them sounds rather alarming and I'd probably lose my trust in them due to their lack of attentiveness this close to your operation... but that's just how I feel.

The other thought I wanted to share is that if you are undergoing withdrawal at the moment of surgery, wouldn't the pain meds they give you at this time be enough to remedy or alleviate the symptoms? Surely they wouldn't operate on you without any analgesics... so logically, there would be pain medicine in your system during the surgery (be it hydromorphone, morphine, or some other narcotic that they see fit)... My opinion then is that they probably just don't want whatever med you take on your own to interact with whatever they want to administer.

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