Newbie - Post Op Meds

[SuzanneRoupas 18]

I'm in the pre-op process and I take a boatload of meds, some of them for depression. Will I be crushing these post-op and mixing with a clear liquid? How did you do it and what did you put it in? Is there a typical time when you can resume medications in capsule or tablet form?

Thanks in advance.

Suzanne

[O.T.R. sleever 3,386]

I'm in the pre-op process and I take a boatload of meds' date=' some of them for depression. Will I be crushing these post-op and mixing with a clear liquid? How did you do it and what did you put it in? Is there a typical time when you can resume medications in capsule or tablet form?

Thanks in advance.

Suzanne[/quote']

You are gonna need to consult your doctor about this one. There is a very good chance the he/she might completely change your prescription due to the surgery.

[Lea Anne 17]

all of my tablet meds have to be crushed and my paperwork says that i'll be doing this for 1 year! crappy, but it's been almost 3 months and i'm more or less used to it. some meds taste horrible so i use a pill crusher and pour them onto a spoon. then i pour a little strong flavored Water (I like Propel's blueberry pomegranate and black cherry) onto the spoon and carefully swirl the meds so they get coated. then bottom's up! i do the same with my anti-acid that comes in a capsule -- i just open the caspule and pour in into the spoon. i'm still a clutz and spill meds or the Water at least a couple times a week so maybe by the 1 year mark i'll be a pro.

i still get strange looks if i have to do it in public, but i think most of them are reactions to the scrunched up face i make (still after 3 months!) because my anti-depression/anxiety med tastes AWFUL!

[Giselle3264 175]

Same here except I was on Effexor XL which is a time release capsule. The hospital physician advised that I not open the capsule and take the whole thing because I would the effect all at once. She prescribed a tablet form I now get to crush. Oh well. I'm sure I'll even get use to that.

[PEvette 297]

I agree with OTR, check with your doctor...

[Marty McSkinnystein 342]

6 days out and I was told if it's smaller than a pencil eraser to break it in half. I do that and have had no problems taking pills. I even took that big acid reducer capsule this morning with my peppermint tea and didn't have a problem with it going down.

I am able to drink/swallow also with no difficulty.

Everyone is different, every surgeon's advice is different.

Don't let the pill thing be a big deal. I obsessed far too long over that.

You wind up making yourself worry about so many things in this process but they seem to get handled just fine as they arise. Good Luck!

[coffeelover77 1]

I'm 3 weeks out and I have to crush my meds too. I take Lithium for depression and it's disgusting. This is what I do:

i crush it and dissolve it in a little bit of Water.

I hold my nose and swallow it

Still holding my nose, I start chewing my Calcium supplement, then I can unplug my nose and it doesn't taste too horrible.

My daughter thinks I'm hilarious and loves to watch the routine LOL

Good luck!

[motochic 45]

I'm in the pre-op process and I take a boatload of meds' date=' some of them for depression. Will I be crushing these post-op and mixing with a clear liquid? How did you do it and what did you put it in? Is there a typical time when you can resume medications in capsule or tablet form?

Thanks in advance.

Suzanne[/quote']

Shaprius works better than lithium n it's sublingual

[motochic 45]

I'm 5 months out n I swallow. All my Vitamins at once. I can't stand the taste of the chewables so everything I swallowed at once. Only got stuck in my throat once. But it went down in about a min