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Originally Posted by annabanana123
Has anyone here had hardware removed in their CRPS limb? I saw my ortho yesterday and one of the screws is about 1/2 out so I'll be having them all removed. The initial surgery is what triggered my CRPS and we will follow the protocols for surgery w/ CRPS but I'm wondering how you all fared. Did you need an increase in pain meds for post op management if already on opioids? My PM says I will, of course, but curious what everyone's individual experience was. Thanks in advance!
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I wanted to update this for others facing hardware removal. I had them removed 1 week ago and have managed without increasing or changing my pain meds other than doubling my celebrex dose. I'm not advocating for this but my PM and ortho were both kind of useless in deciding how to manage it so I did it this way. I would definitely recommend increasing the dose if you can get your doctors to work with you because you could avoid some pain but it also hasn't been so horrible I contemplated an ED trip or anything.