Help Protonix Not To Be Crushed?

[VSGRachel 25]

HELP......So my doctor switched me to Protonix my first time taking is tonight. I am 3 weeks post op and am suppose to crush all my pills. But right on the bottle it says do not crush!!! Does anyone out there know what I should be doing, since I can't call the doctor now???????????????????????

[COsleeveDude 273]

I take Protonix, you don't need to crush it. I started taking it one week after surgery. I started taking full on large Vitamin pills 3-4 weeks after surgery. You'll be fine, just take things as you can handle them.

[IrishEyes 59]

Well, of course its best to talk to your doctor but I can tell you that I am day 6 postop and have been taking Protonix, whole pill, since day 1 in the hospital and ZERO problems. I am to take it every day for 2months. However, I don't have to crush any pills, not even my daily anti depressants. Since its not something you need, need for like pain or nausea, I'd just wait til the morning and ask the Dr.

[SkinnyOnMe 81]

I took my birth control pill 4 hours after surgery. And pills always went down better than thick volume of liquids

[VSGRachel 25]

Thanks everyone! I just took it.

Birth control pill? My doctor made me switch to Nuvaring.

[SkinnyOnMe 81]

I stopped nuvaring a few years ago because I gained 20 pounds per month the short time I was on it... I should'v sued them for the price of my surgery cause that's when most of it happened. Lol. But recently because of my sleeve brain I couldn't remember pills so I went back to nuva thinking that the sleeve would stop me from giving into the insatiable caveman hunger that I had before. Well, ithe first month was fine but this econd month I have been hungry all day and all night. The only reason I haven't gained weight is because I eat lettuce instead of fried chicken when I'm hungry. But I don't know how long it'll be b4 the loss stopsbecause of this nuva ring. And btw the 20 pound thing also happened to my friend a couple years later who was skinny!