What medications will I need to take after surgery?

Surgical pain is minimal so all that is required is either Tylenol or Tylenol with Codeine for several days postoperatively.

It is very important that you take calcium with vitamin D supplements after surgery.  The parathyroid adenoma (tumor) has been depleting the calcium storage in your bones which leads to thinning and weakness of your bones.  Calcium and vitamin D together has been shown to increase the thickness and strenghth of your bones.  It is very important that you take BOTH calcium and vitamin D.  There are many calium with vitamin D combination pills that you can purchase at a drug store with the "elemental calcium" dosage of 500mg or 600mg per pill.  We recommend that you take two pills twice a day postoperatively for 2 weeks and then reduce this to 2 pills once a day on a continuing basis.

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