Medications Immediately After Surgery?

[slimthickens 28]

I spoke to my psychiatrist today, and she said that it was OK to dump the Effexor XR capsules out, and take them with whatever I can tolerate at the time (whether it's Clear Liquids at the time, or so on). She said that especially with such big changes going on, it's important to stay on the anti-depressant meds, and I agree. Vivid or scary dreams are things I get if I miss a couple days of the Effexor XR, so I can see it being a potential side effect of the non-extended release, too. Yeah, you might get a little more nausea on a stomach without food - but I frequently take my pills with no food, or just with a Protein shake, and I'm used to it. Hopefully it won't hurt your sleeve enough to have to throw up, but I'm pretty sure you want to stay on it.

Cheers, and good luck!

Thanks a bunch for letting me know what the psychiatrist said! I've been so busy getting ready that I completely forgot to make a call to the doc about that. I'll definitely open up the capsules and try to take them with the thickest liquid I can tolerate, possibly some Jello or something. Thanks again.

[Kami 9]

I'm on the same medication and didn't have any problem during post-op. You can open the capsules and just dump the little balls into your mouth, then swallow with regular liquid. That's what I did. I started out using apple sauce, then realized it was just easier to dump them into my mouth. I used apple sauce for the Actigal though, because that stuff tastes pretty bad.

[Wheetsin 714]

I had several meds to take post-op because of an allergic reaction I had to something they gave me at the hospital. I had the standard Omeprazole, but also Prednisone, Sucralfate (big ol' pill) and Pepcid.

I was pretty hesitant to take a full pill, I couldn't even do that with my lapband. I took everything just fine, except the Sucralfate which I bit off into thirds.