I’m almost two months into recovery from hip replacement. I started on oxy. I wanted off of that as soon as possible. I changed to Tramadol and hated it. It didn’t really cut the pain and my stomach was upset. So I went to Advil which was okay but I wanted to sleep all night so I took Aleve. After three nights of taking Aleve I broke out all over in hives. It was horrible. I quit taking it and three weeks later I still see where the hives were. I switched to just Advil but it also makes me itch, just not as much although it woke me up last night. So I’m going to stop with it too. I may just take some aspirin. God gave us pain so I may just go cold turkey. I hope I don’t need any more surgery. I’ve had five surgeries in the last four years. Sigh
I feel for you on the hip. I broke mine three years ago and just now getting back to normal.