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6 weeks if I remember correctly, but don't go by what I say, your doctor must give u clearance.

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My surgeon sent me home with pills -- pain pills and anti-biotics. I have read on forums that there is a risk of ulcers with certain kinds of pills. If you can wait, call you doctor/hospital and ask, otherwise, I would use the search bar and type in the medication name (aleve, tylenol, midol, etc) you want to take to see if other people have posted a thread about it!

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I could start taking most of my meds when I got home. But I did have to crush all my pills for the first month. Which was totally discusting and made me really sick.

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I was told as long as it was smaller than an M&M I could take it at 2 weeks. Anything bigger I cut in half. After 6 weeks, I could take anything.

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My Dr had us taking pills for pain when we left the hospital. They had to be smaller than an M&M. I only missed the day after surgery of not taking blood pressure meds. I take several Vitamins and my Zantac each day, 46 minutes apart.

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I was taking pills in hospital.

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What kind of pills?

I continues to take all my regular medicines,thryroid etc. all my Vitamins, supplements are chewables.even my pain meds were liquid right after surgery

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I was sent home with pills that were smaller than an M&M but now at 2 weeks i can take a nexium whole, it's about the size of a peanut M&M

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I have been taking liquids and cutting my Prevacid in 4. I will call my doc today thanks for the input everyone :)

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I take 2 pills a day and have since my surgery.

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I don't think this is the place to ask a question like that....you should ask your surgeon.

All the best

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Agreed.

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I don't think this is the place to ask a question like that....you should ask your surgeon.

All the best

I wondered what others were doing that's all. Just curious. Called my doc and they said 6-8 weeks. I will wait till the end just in case.

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