They can keep their pain killers for back issues TORADOL works better, faster, and is a NSAID. It is what they give the ball players who pull muscles on the court, works fast.
BTW this hospital did not even have PILLOWS.
THEN AGAIN I TAKE MY OWN MEDS WITH ME, WHY PAY THEIR PRICES.
I spent 2 trips in the ER with 1 over night and one 3 day on liquid GAG diet, so salty NO ONE could eat it. Drank the tea and juice and left the rest to melt, broth had an inch of FAT on top too.
Was ordered 2 strange drugs Bentyl...swelled my lips, tingling of lips and leg, confusion, dizzyiness had to be carried to the bathroom. Second drug CYTOTEC..supposedly to coat/protect the stomach...now I take 2- 40 mg Nexium per day as is so why would I need more....THIS IS AN ABORTION DRUG! I was in for ABDOMEN PAIN, and the IDIOT PCP tries to give me a ABORTION DRUG.
ME THE EVANGELICAL CHRISTIAN...I had my tablet with me and checked the crap out.
You should know that many drugs have multiple uses. Cytotec’s primary use is, and not “supposedly”, to prevent gastrointestinal problems, i.e. ulsers caused by the use of strong nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. You are correct that it is sometimes used as an abortifacient but it is also used to induce labor, to prevent and treat post-partum hemorrhage and also to treat miscarriages where the baby had died in uterus but no labor has occurred to expel the already dead fetus, i.e. not a spontaneous miscarriage, a very real and life threatening condition for the mother. Of course Cytotec should never be administered to a pregnant woman unless under certain circumstances in a low dosage to induce labor. Since I’m guessing you were not pregnant at the time of your ER visit and that one of the first things a doctor will ask any woman of child baring age is if there is any possibility that she might be pregnant before proscribing any drug, that Cytotec was not contraindicated for you given your symptoms.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misoprostol
As far as Bentyl, it is not a strange drug at all. It is used to treat irritable bowel syndrome and helps to reduce the symptoms of stomach and intestinal cramping. Since you had abdominal pain severe enough for you to go to the ER, I presume this is why it was ordered for you. Yes, like many drugs, it has side effects in some people who take it, dry mouth and dizziness among them. It sounds like you had some fairly severe side effects and probably shouldn’t take it but that doesn’t mean it’s a bad drug, that all people who take it have such side effects or that it isn’t useful for treating severe intestinal cramping.
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/drug-dicyclomine/article_em.htm
You should also be aware that Nexium has side effects as well: headache, diarrhea and abdominal pain.
http://www.purplepill.com/taking-nexium/side-effects.aspx
I can’t address your complaints about bad hospital food however. ; (