Crushing pills into Protein shake

[hambleto 2]

Hello. I am five days post op today and I was wondering if anyone has tried to take their pills crushed into their Protein Shake? I have been trying to get down one pill crushed in applesauce, thin creamed wheat, and the like with no luck. This morning I broke down and ground it up along with another (both blood pressure meds), then mixed it in with a double scoop of Protein powder with Water. While there is a little hint of an after taste it is SO SO SO much more palatable.

Does anyone see an issue doing this?

Could this cause other issues I can not think of?

Thoughts/etc?

Thank you,

Ben

[desertgirl_74 114]

I would suggest you talk to your doctor or even your pharmacist first. Some pills are delay release and should not be crushed or cut. I don't know about blood pressure meds, but my diabetes med was an extended release pill.

[liannatx 897]

Do you need to crush them? I was allowed to take pills from the day I was released. My prescribed pain meds and PPI were even in pill form. Like desertgirl_74 suggested, you need to ask your doctor this question...

[Debbie Jean 406]

My doctors orders were to crush pills for two weeks. Then I was allowed to swallow anything smaller than my little finger tip. At one month I was cleared to swallow all pills including the "horse pills" I took for blood pressure. I spoke to the pharmacist to make sure crushing was appropriate to my medications. Interestingly even she had to look one up to be sure.

I put them in whatever I could get down. For me this was mostly mixed into a little yogurt. But I would certainly have put them in a Protein shake so I think you are just fine doing it that way. As in all things, though, speak with YOUR surgeon or nutritionist since they may have a preference.

Good news is that this is just short term and with the weight loss you may very well find you need less medications!

[hambleto 2]

Thank you all for the replies. I did check with my PCP and pharmacist in advance and the pills are able to be crushed (in fact that is how they were doing it in the hospital the day after surgery (in warm applesauce. YUCK). I was more wondering if anyone had ever had an issue with taking them in liquid though. So far, it went down easy and did not taste bad. I agree and hope in time to get off the horse pill sooner than latery actually.

Thank you again,

Ben

[desertgirl_74 114]

Hopefully you will be done with those meds for good. I've been 100% off diabetes meds since I came home from the hospital. It sure is a good feeling, and it's been the best NSV so far!!