December 21, 2007 - 7:57am
SOMETIME I HAVE SOME BLOOD WHEN I GOT THE BATHROOM
#2
SOMEONE TOLD ME IT COULD BE HEMMORROIDS
DOES ANYONE KNOW IF ITS A PROBLEM????
December 21, 2007 - 12:45pm
#2
It could also just be a
It could also just be a slight tear/laceration from being extremely constipated from pain meds and thus forcing it out. My friend was recently put on suboxone 8mg TID and he can only take half a tablet 2-3 times daily because if he took it has prescribed the rectal bleeding is unbearable or so he says. Although how he described it it was just slight blood on the stool and mostly just on the toilet paper so I doubt it was any serious internal bleeding as the decrease in suboxone intake fixed his problem. It makes me wonder how chronic pain patients can handle that large amount of opiates without such rectal bleeding problems.
December 21, 2007 - 4:04pm
#3
High doses of narcotics
To answer the question about taking high doses of narcotics without rectal bleeding, I'll tell you. I'm taking 180 mg of Methadone a day and I have no rectal bleeding whatsoever. I am however, taking Metamucil to help bulk up my stools and I have Irritable Bowel Syndrome. So, before the narcotics and Metamucil I had the opposite problem, several times a day.
For anyone who is have problems either way, regular use of Metamucil, I prefer the orange sugar free, and I take it twice a day.
December 22, 2007 - 12:38am
#4
I'd definitely go to your
I'd definitely go to your doctor to have it checked out. I have occasional flareups of ulcerative colitis, which in part is due to IBS and in part due to the constipating effects of the opioids I take, but I always keep some Asacol 400mg around for when I do get flareups, and usually after a week or so on the Asacol (4x/day) I'm fine.
If it is just a bit of blood on the paper/ probably no big deal...if it comes pouring out you may have diverticulitis sp? I had this at the beginning of the month and was in the hospital 4 days...You could bleed to death/depends on the severity.
I am not a Dr. I just play one on TV.