“What helps pain after ankle surgery?”
I am a 42 year old female. I want to know what helps pain after ankle surgery?
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Change diet to organic Mediterranean diet. Massage therapy with Acupuncture with Moxibustion. Magnesium citrate 800-1,200 mg softgel daily. Vitamin D3 softgel 50,000 IU weekly.
After ankle surgery the most prescribed medications are opioids for acute postoperative pain. Opiate use for acute pain is also associated with increased risk of long term opioid use and abuse. Therefore the recommendations are short term opiate use. Short term opiate use is considered 5-7 days. After that a change to non steroidal ant -inflammatory medications is indicated. These are recommendations for most state based pharmaceutical groups and the CDC.
