due to the am't of pain and symptoms, he was released on pain meds and his followup visit reveals he still is not doing so well and in a lot of pain and bowel sounds not right. The GI was not pleased the ER gave him a script for pain since they aren't 100% sure still what's going on and that type of med can change the bowel sounds, etc. They were hypoactive in the ER, along with his symptoms (extreme pain, pale as a ghost, very weak, beginning of dehydration, full abdominal and upper right quardrant / gallbladder pain, etc.) led to an immediate chest x ray (normal) and ultrasound (normal).
They put him on Alinia not waiting for stool samples (based on symptoms) since this has been going on now for 2 weeks and he's lost 7-8 lbs and nauseated with loose stools and pain.
Anybody been on this med? He only has had 1 pill so too early to tell.