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Is the absorption of other medications affected, like post op pain medications?

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Julia Jurgensen | @juliajurgensen | May 25, 2021

Despite these changes to the stomach and intestine, many medications are absorbed normally in people who have had gastric bypass surgery, including most pain medications.