There are two known types of atelectasis. The first type is called acute atelectasis which usually results from surgery involving the opening of the chest cavity or the abdominal area. This type of atelectasis may also result from physical trauma to the lungs like during car accidents or stabbing incidents.
Location: Egypt. Posts: 1,672. Re: How long for meds to take effect. It takes from 1 to 2 days in order for your high bp meds to work, but it reach its maximum effect in 1 week and some times it takes 2 weeks. They said that but I think it's only a week, not more than that.
I have been given most of the pain medication available over the years.Lortab is the industry standard for a first narcotic based medicine.It takes 45 min to an hour to start to relieve pain,unfortunately it leaves the body very quickly and you can develop a tolerence very quickly.The time release drugs ,MS-Contin,Oxy-Contin,deliver relief for approx 12 hours.Ms-Contin is morphine based and seems to have the least side effects of the pain killers.Oxy-Contin can cause you to develop a ...