C-section pain meds?

SmilingBluEyes · Jan 20, 2006

Well it varies by hospital/institution, but for post meds, we use:

Morphine in a PCA (patient-controlled anesthesia pump)

Fentanyl in PCA (if patient allergic or can't tolerate morphine)

Toradol, IM or IV for pain control

Motrin for post op pain control once mom is not using toradol

Percoset for post op pain control, once no longer on PCA

Vicodin, post op pain control, if unable to use Percoset

Tylenol #3 for post op pain control

Other meds:

Pitocin usually in IV for post-op use

Hemabate for post op hemorrhage

Methergine for post op Hemorrhage

Cytotec for post op hemorrhage

MMR vaccine for moms not immune to Rubella

RhoGAM for selected Rh negative moms

For some patients, intraoperative antibiotics, such as Keflex or Cefotan

Intraoperative anesthesia meds such as fentanyl, lidocaine, marcaine, etc---ask about these, they vary

Narcan---if needed to reverse narcotic overdose

Nubain or Benedryl to control post-op anesthesia-related itching

Common Baby meds:

vitamin K

Erythromycin eye ointment

Hepatitis B vaccine

Hepatitis Immune Globulin (if mom Hep B positive or high risk)

There are others; these are just what comes to mind. You will just need to look them up in your drug manual or drug card deck for specific doses, frequencies, etc. as required by your professors.

Lynnsey017 · Jan 20, 2006

Thanks for the great info BlueEyes!

SmilingBluEyes · Jan 20, 2006

you are very welcome.