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Hello All,

I've been banded since July and I know about the pill crushing etc. My question... I have acne. It comes and goes. My dermatologist prescribes antibiotics. I"m not keen on them, but I take them until I clear up. However, its a vicious cycle with me. It clears and comes back. We try all sorts of stuff.

Anyway... I'm in the throes of an outbreak right now. I'm using a topical (the generic of Retin A I believe), but have an appt with the dermatologist in a couple weeks, and am curious as to what she might suggest.

Does anyone here take antibiotics in a pill form? Do you crush them, or open them? My pills are usually BIG or the time release kind.

I'm just wondering how you guys handle antibiotics.

Thanks.

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I've just recently taken antibiotics in the past month and I now have a fairly good restriction. Both doctors wanted to give me a pill, but I just asked them to change it to a liquid. They both had to look up how to adjust the dose for a liquid for an adult. :P I got to take the lovely pink stuff that most kids take when they are sick, but it sure beat crushing or choking down a pill that most likely would have come back up. And the liquid antibiotic worked just as well as the pill forms.

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Since being banded in May, I have taken Augmentin (which is a BIG pill) and am currently on Keflex, which is a capsule. No probs swallowing either one.

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