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Brothers and Sisters. Please redirect me if not the proper forum for question, but trying to figure this out.
On the 23rd, I had surgery at the VA hospital. After coming to my senses, I took my percocet as prescribed along with the other meds that the VA had prescribed me for PTSD, mood, instability.
The first night, I just took my percocet.
The second night, I took my percocet along with several other meds the VA prescribed prior at about midnight. At 2 AM I woke up, met my father at the coffee pot in kitchen on my knee scooter, and had been up maybe 5 minutes. Poured me a cup of coffee, and started feeling a little nauseous, and a little sweaty. 2 minutes passed and I took toward the head like a mad rooster. I lost a lot of water perspiring as it was pouring off me, I was dizzy, weak, dry heaving and about fell off the porcelain. I called for help and my wife and mother come down to find a pool of water and me in a rather unpleasant position.
I have paused on all meds except percocet since.
Tonight, I found 2 meds I am on with severe reactions with percocet, both for ptsd and mood, and 1 for my blood pressure with minor issues.
I know the VA should know this since they keep track of meds, and when I called my surgeon to report it immediately following the episode, he said it was some vasal reaction to the surgery, but didn't answer my direct question as to any conflict with meds.
I find it very concerning and disturbing to me that I could have died on the porcelain and that I had no doctor, RN, or staff tell me there was a known conflict and to avoid these 2 or 3 meds together. Since I took 2 known severe meds that conflict, I'm lucky I walked away.
What do you brothers and sisters suggest I should do about this?
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