Pills!?

[suzjag 107]

I'm 3 days postop and I am struggling with my medication. Can't get the crushed meds down at all. Suggestions welcome!!

[glsun0612 6]

Check with your doctor... I was struggling too and they told me to put it in a small spoonful of applesauce even though I was on liquids only at the time. It helped alot.

[suzjag 107]

The taste makes me vomit!!

[TMyers1471 87]

What meds are you taking? My post op pain meds were available in liquid form.

[notime 340]

chocolate pudding. My doctor considers it a liquid and it masks a lot of the medicine taste, not all, but a lot. It made my horrible bitter medicine acceptable.

[chitowngirl 886]

Taking pills post op was the only time my nut recommended drinking juice so I mixed mine with about 1/4-1/8 cup of apple or grape juice. The sweetness of the juice camouflaged the bad taste of the pills.

[suzjag 107]

My pain meds r liquid but my others r crushed. I gag so easy this is a true concern. I will try whatever.

[Izuri 428]

I know there are pill sprays called pill glide. Maybe those would still work with powder? I think they're fruit flavored.

I've switched all my medicine to liquids and oral disintegrating tablets right now. They taste like crap, even after having the pharmacy flavor them, but I take them in sips and chase them with Water and it's at least manageable now. Do you mix the crushed tablets with anything? Some of them can be mixed and that would probably help a little.

[suzjag 107]

I've tried applesauce, smoothie, yogurt and even tried chasing it with a piece of chocolate. NO WAY, just makes me hurl. Tomorrow I'm ordering all liquids. Spray? That's interesting, I'll check it out, thanks!