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What do doctors think is the top pain reliever after having abdominal surgery?

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Depends: Depends on the surgery. Can be non-narcotic such as toradol or ultram. Stronger would be oxycodone or hydrocodone. Even stronger is intravenous morphine or Dilaudid given only in a hospital or surgery center setting. Also local anesthetics can be injected during surgery or a small pain pump can be inserted near the surgical site to slowly infuse local anesthetic.

Answered 6/25/2014

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