A 40-year-old male asked:
I'm getting gastric bypass jan 7 th and i'm taking the shakes to prepare for surgery but i have a bad night cough can i take cough medicine ?
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Dr. Boris Aronzonanswered
Anesthesiology 26 years experience
Reflux vs. infection: Notify your surgeon immediately about cough or see primary care physician. If not treated your cough can cause delay in doing surgery, unless it was addressed before.
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Dr. William Walshanswered
Addiction Medicine 19 years experience
Reflux: Morbid obesity often leads to both sleep anea and refux. Try sleeping with you head upright until the surgery and see if that helps.
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Last updated Dec 9, 2013
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