Dave0168
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I'm debating on taking my Oxycodone because I was told it my slow my bowels while I sleep and given my concern for the lack of Bowel movements I'm unsure how to proceed.
Congrats on getting through surgery!
As far as the bowel movements, remember that there really isn't much going in so not much will be moving out. I was sporadic at best the first couple of days home. Now at 3 weeks I am almost back to being regular and they are for the most part normal.
I wouldn't worry about constipation and the Oxy. Unless you are really heavily dosing yourself, one at bedtime to get you to sleep shouldn't affect your bowels. On this I do know a good deal since I fought major opiate induced constipation and all the complications from it after a back injury. So much so that one of the major drug mrf's came to my house to do a PSA for doctors about it. Lately the hospitals and doctors are mentioning it more and more as a precaution.
Keep working on the fluids and protein!