Anti sickness medication before an operation please

[antelope99]

I have rls and may have to have an operation.Just need to know which medication is ok, so as not to male rls worse please

[ChrisColumbus]

Ondansetron (Zofran) is regarded as safe for RLS

[SueJohnson]

Tell your doctors and anesthesiologists about your RLS and its symptoms and that you need your medicine and ask if there will be any drug interactions from what they will give you. Also talk with the patient representative ahead of time. Tell them not to give you any sedating antihistamines or sedating anti-nausea medications. Instead insist they use Zofran (ondansetron) for anti-nausea. You can download the Medical Alert Card that you can show your doctors, that tells them about the condition and what will happen after surgery and what medicines to avoid at rlshelp.org/ although you will need to join the RLS foundation. An international membership is $40, but they have some good information on it and you get their monthly magazine. However the safe antidepressants listed on medical alert card are not antidepressants: Lamotrigine, Carbamazepine, Oxcarbazepine. Also there is a 2 page handout "Surgery and RLS: Patient Guide" on the RLS Foundation website which is very helpful. Also "Hospitalization Checklist for the Patient with RLS"

Also if they give you an opioid discuss with your doctor about coming off it slowly so you won't get withdrawal effects.

[Tanker1 in reply to SueJohnson]

I had surgery 3 weeks ago and used the RLS medical alert card. The anesthesiologist read it and made sure I wasn't getting anything to make my RLS worse. I recommend the card. Very useful.

[Jumpey]

I asked for Zofran before surgery recently and I had no problems with RLS. Huge good luck.