Getting vitamins down

[Diane Grimm 19]

How do you get all your Vitamins and supplements down?

First day home from hospital and I have no idea how to take all these pills.

[Eli Alexander 316]

I was told that Vitamins could wait one week. As far as medication that couldn't, make sure they are broken up to be smaller than an mm candy and I would have them with yogurt. It will be easy in a couple days, just take the necessary ones till then.

[Eli Alexander 316]

Oh, and capsule pills can be opened up and sprinkled on the yogurt, sugar free pudding or whatever works for you that's not hot.

Edited January 31, 2015 by Eli Alexander

[Rhonda137 12]

Crush the pills that can be crushed and add the powder to an ounce or so of crystal light. Some pills that are time released can't be crushed.

[CheleLynn45 615]

I wasn't taking anything until my after my two week follow up with the surgeon. That's where I got my list of stuff.

I only take my thyroid meds, my bariatric Vitamin (capsule I swallow 2x a day), my Vitamin D, and my Calcium chews three times a day.

I do thyroid, Vitamin D, one Vitamin and one Calcium chew in the a.m. with my Protein tea. I have a timer set on my phone for 2:30pm for my second vitamin, I was horrible at remembering it early on, now no problem. And I take my other two calcium chews during the day when I remember.

[Diane Grimm 19]

I had like 10 pills to crush this morning. I tried to add them to my Protein Shake but it just wasn't happening. :-(

[Eli Alexander 316]

What pills? If they are for high blood pressure or something like that you need to do it, but if you are stressing of a daily multi, or some Vitamin D, well those can wait for your esophagus and stomach to heal for a week. And Calcium can wait two weeks.

Edited January 31, 2015 by Eli Alexander

[Diane Grimm 19]

@@Rocky1 where would I find the powder mix stuff?

[Thinkingthinner1109 485]

Crushing medications DID NOT work for me. No matter what I put them in it made me gag. I was finally allowed to swallow pills and my life got much better.

[Eli Alexander 316]

Crushing medications DID NOT work for me. No matter what I put them in it made me gag. I was finally allowed to swallow pills and my life got much better.

this is exactly why my bariatric center switched their policy from crushing to swallowing or if necessary braking into smaller chunks, but not crushing.

[Diane Grimm 19]

Crushing does not help. It's almost worse. Lol

[downsizingdiva 459]

I had all liquid vitamins for the first three weeks except for prescriptions. I was scared of the pills at first but they were fine.