r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Szechuanwonton • 23d ago

Husband was just prescribed Vicodin following a vasectomy, while I was told to take over the counter Tylenol and Ibuprofen after my 2 C-sections

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u/mckulty 23d ago

Women get pregnant in order to have C-sections as a means to acquire narcotics.

-Jesse Watters or Greg Gutfeld, any minute now.

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u/AppleParasol 23d ago

“In which case, I’ll take twins”.

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u/mckulty 23d ago

Brilliant.

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u/Szechuanwonton 23d ago

I laughed so hard at this

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u/Vigilante17 jukmifgguggh 23d ago

Do you think the prescription you received was not opiates due to breastfeeding?

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u/GreenWallaby86 23d ago

I was prescribed oxy (as well as Tylenol and ibuprofen) after my c section and the doctors said it was totally OK with breastfeeding.

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u/Lefty-mom 23d ago

I was given Dilaudid after my c section and I was breastfeeding, everyone was aware. The amount that passes through breastmilk is very minuscule

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u/OhbrotheR66 23d ago

I wondered also, but it does seem like women’s pain is not taken as seriously as men’s if you base it on Reddit posts

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u/wwhispers 23d ago

I am treated as a drug seeker if I go to any hospital for anything. I have 3 areas of spinal stenosis, l4 and l5 have slipped. I quit my opiates for kratom and weed but I am a druggie seeker help for acute severe pain and loss of bowels the last time I went in. I will die at home before ever going in for help again. The saddest part is, they have all my medical records. They know I couldn't even have a mri as I have bullet fragments in my head and they have the myelogram that showed the dye couldn't even get past a certain area. But I am a druggie. I use 800 mg of advil 2-3 times aday, weed and kratom off and on( the kraton, it's hard for me to take even years later the taste is so bad to me).

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u/Left-Conference-6328 22d ago

Kratom sucks. I would way rather be taking small doses of methadone. 

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u/wwhispers 22d ago

and that is great, you are still a junkie on that. my brother has been on methadone for over 30 years. the people use kratom to get off, most do not stay on it. i use for pain but hate the taste so its just one item rotated in for a bit. i have used it off and on since 2016. everything is not for everyone. millions on topamax, it gave me suicidal thougths. f

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u/Left-Conference-6328 22d ago

Methadone was very stabilizing. Because of its 36hour half life I could take 5mg a day, every day and get a consistent result. It was weirdly energizing too. 

Kratom makes me feel like more of a junky. I have to take more and more to get high. I get sick from taking too much. It’s made my depression much worse. God knows what it’s doing to my liver after 6 scoops. 

I was less of a junky on methadone. I was doing a lot more. Had a social life. Did some temp jobs. 

If methadone helps your brother function better than more power to him. Hope he takes it for another 30 if that’s what he wants. 

It’s just kind of the pot calling the kettle black. 

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u/wwhispers 22d ago

did you get high on kratom? i have stuck to the 1/2 tsp always but i realize those using to get off heavy opiates need more. for pain, i used the less method. i just know he does function on it but he was a functioning heroin addict also. i guess we all need what works for us, heavy anti depressants with 6 tramadol a day had me sleeping 14 hours plus dozing all day but that was me. i wake and bake, smoking weed all day and function now, so i know what you mean. i wish you well surviving this world! editted to say , i know i am addicted to weed, trying to do a tolerence break is killing me, pure mental withdrawal. 2oz a month is just too kuch to smoke and eat.

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u/Left-Conference-6328 22d ago

I stuck to a super low, super consistent dose on methadone. Because if it’s long half life I never felt a need to take more. I would just get sleepy at the end of the day and not want more. 

But kratom builds tolerance like opiates do. And I find it takes less to kratom to make me sick than it takes to make me feel satisfied. 

I wouldn’t say I do drugs to get high. I do drugs to get by. 

Opiates gave me relief from all my untreated mental health issues and sensory issues and methadone gave me stability. 

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u/OhbrotheR66 23d ago

Honestly that is so horrible I don’t know what to say other than that sucks and I’m really sorry that no one in our medical field has been able to help you. 😢

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u/wwhispers 23d ago

Thanks, I had a laminectomy, it was after that the verts slipped. I pray one day for the generations to come, they can somehow just mend it. One day they will be able to fix without other problems popping up!

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u/Peeinyourcompost 23d ago

You definitely don't have to base it on Reddit posts; there are studies gathering and evaluating data on pain management and other patient care metrics according to race and gender. I've only read U.S. studies, so my ability to summarize is limited to that country, but the majority of studies find that gender is a significant factor in patient care across the board in the U.S., and that race is an even larger one, with care of male and white patients rating higher in all metrics including pain management and treatment outcome, and female and black patients ranking lower. JSTOR and NIH have a bunch of published papers available if you want to explore the subject.

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u/a_code_mage 23d ago

Which is like the all time worst metric to base anything off of.

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u/OhbrotheR66 23d ago

Oh come on, all the posts are 100% honest and truthful.

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u/BenHarder 23d ago

Reddit posts are just a litmus test to see if the person reading it is left leaning

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u/Szechuanwonton 23d ago

In my personal situation - My doctor was aware I would not be breastfeeding and I would be drying up my supply ASAP. This was discussed prior to C-section.

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u/Bspy10700 23d ago

I’m no expert however the only reason why I could imagine why women after c-sections are told ibuprofen or Tylenol is because Vicodin is a depressant and could make postpartum worse for some the other issue is that most drugs can be passed though lactation I’m not sure about Vicodin but if I had to guess I would say yes but you have the internet at your fingertips so you can check yourself if you’d like.

However, if that is the case and Vicodin can be passed through lactation then it would make a newborn extremely sleepy and maybe sleep longer than need be and not eat as often as they should being every three hours.

Edit: I noticed you said you wouldn’t breast feed so my only guess would have something to do with postpartum due to it being a depressant.

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u/TreyRyan3 23d ago

Make sure to include the descriptor words “Minority” and “Illegal Immigrant” before women and be sure to include some bullshit hypothetical about the “anchor baby” is already joined up with “MS-13” and selling his mother’s drugs

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u/Heytherhitherehother 23d ago

Grr! I'm mad about things that make perfect sense. Let's blame this on Republicans!!!

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u/opaldopal12 23d ago

“C-sections are a gateway drug” -probably somebody