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With cirrhosis can i still take pain medication with sleep meds n it?

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Dr. Bahman Omrani answered

Specializes in Pain Management

Clinic Pharmacology : As long as prescribed by your doctor who appreciates the degree of your cirrhosis to guide choice of appropriate medications and dose. Added attention is required in presence of relevant co-morbid conditions such as history of delirium, hepatic encephalopathy, illicit substance use, alcohol abuse. Seizures, and GI bleed.

Answered 1/22/2015

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Talk with your doc: Most medications are at least partly metabolized by the liver, and if your liver is impaired, the medication levels could increase, possibly to dangerous, toxic levels. Your liver could be stressed even more by taking these medications. Check with your doctor, many medications are given at lower doses when your liver is impaired such as in cirrhosis, or should not be taken at all.

Answered 8/25/2013

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Depends: Depends on what the medication is.Check with your doctor to see if you can take a specific medication and in what dosage if you can take it.

Answered 10/4/2016

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