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How to Take Opioid Pain Medicine After Surgery (Fraser Health) [English] Permalink Public

There are many ways you can help ease your pain. You have been prescribed an opioid medicine. This factsheet explains how to ease your pain after surgery, how to take opioids safely, and what side effects to watch for. We also give you added safety tips for opioid medicines. (English) Colour

Anti-Platelet Medicine – ticagrelor (Brilinta®) (Fraser Health) [English] Permalink Public

Ticagrelor (say ‘tye-ka-grel-or’) is given to people who have had a heart attack. After a heart attack, some people have stents placed into arteries that supply blood to the heart (coronary arteries). A stent is a small tube of reinforced wire that helps keep the blocked artery open. Ticagrelor helps lower your chance of having another heart attack and helps prevent blood clots inside stents. (English) Colour