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Kidney Transplant: Advil, Motrin, Ibuprofen?

Transplants | Last Active: Feb 20, 2023 | Replies (34)

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@blbird33

Sorry for your pain. I hope your are feeling better very soon. I would recommend calling your Transplant Coordinator first who will check with your Transplant Center Neph. They want to protect your new kidney at all costs, even though the pain is not related to the kidney transplant. The PCP should defer to the Transplant Center. I was also told by the Transplant Center Coordinator/Neph to take an antibiotic 2 hours prior to any dental work The only time I call my PCP is for issues other than transplant related, such as need to rehab PT/OT in home care for scar tissue desensitization as part of the recovery. I am glad that my TC neph is starting to talk more with my PCP which helps too as the PCP was deferring too much to the TC for everything. I was getting the run around. I am hoping my dental work will wait until 6 months after transplant which is May. Take care and rest. Maybe the Tylenol with codeine will help but as the TC. BB

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Hi @blbird33 😊
It sounds like you are having an excellent experience with your transplant coordinator. Are you newly transplanted? My coordinator gives me the feeling that I should not be calling her. She refers me to my local nephrologist or PCP all the time. It's upsetting to have a coordinator that doesn't feel like an advocate. Maybe she's overwhelmed with volume, but every contact is the same answer to call my local nephrologist or PCP. Maybe because I am two years post transplant. But it seems like everyone on Connect is always calling their coordinators with questions or telling me to call them. I feel terrible to be complaining, but I am concerned that this person is so important to my health.