Tablets

[Obeasta 92]

Hi friends

I am 5 almost 6 weeks post op. when is it safe for me to drink tablets and capsules again? Without crushing it? I can't stomach crushed pills anymore!

Please let me know, as I am having terrible toothache and need to take a capsule!

[AmandaD 44]

I was taking meds in tablet and capsule form in the hospital the day of surgery but you should call your surgeon and ask. They are all different.

[Nel 189]

I was taking them my 3rd day out from surgery. I have never been told to crush or break my pills. Ever. I did dissolve the pain pills....but that was just so they would work faster.

[nathaly 57]

My surgeon said as long as the pill is smaller than a tick tack, you can swallow it whole. If not, it must be broken up. The issue is that, jf you take bigger pills, we don't have the stomach acid to dissolve them well so they sit in your pouch and start eating away at your stomach lining and that's how you get ulcers. Also, they may pass undigested and you are not gonna get all the benefits you need from your meds.

HW 283. SW265. SD 3/22/13! CW 229

[Obeasta 92]

aaaah this is so interesting! thank you so much Nathaly, makes complete sense!

whoa Nel and Amanda, you're lucky because i had the most terrible struggling with getting antibiotics down crushed. do you know how VILE it tastes crushed?? go google it..

the names that appear, hahaha!

i always thought i wasn't allowed to swallow pills for a few weeks for fear of it getting stuck in my oesophagus.

or somewhere along the line.

[Nel 189]

Yes, I'm on antis right now and I break them in half. It tastes terrible! It's a sulfa drug and just.....dissolves at contact with the Fluid. Ugh.

I was scared to swallow them at first, but I made sure with my surgeon and he seemed confident that my pouch and I would be cool.

[Dorian 683]

Hi friends

I am 5 almost 6 weeks post op. when is it safe for me to drink tablets and capsules again? Without crushing it? I can't stomach crushed pills anymore!

Please let me know' date=' as I am having terrible toothache and need to take a capsule![/quote']

I took whole pills on the day after surgery, in the hospital. Glad I never had to crush, yuck!

[kellbell5 35]

It's strange how different drs are! I had to crush my meds for the first month (I'm only on week 5). He gave me liquid pain meds though. At a month we could swallow meds, as long as they weren't huge. However our Vitamins, Calcium, B12 etc all have to be chewable for at least the first 8 weeks.

[saramichelle 127]

My surgeon said as long as the pill is smaller than a tick tack' date=' you can swallow it whole. If not, it must be broken up. The issue is that, jf you take bigger pills, we don't have the stomach acid to dissolve them well so they sit in your pouch and start eating away at your stomach lining and that's how you get ulcers. Also, they may pass undigested and you are not gonna get all the benefits you need from your meds.

HW 283. SW265. SD 3/22/13! CW 229[/quote']

Ulcers oh my! Never thought about this. I take four whole pills day. Wow I hope that doesn't happen but that makes sense