Taking Medications

[Nancy Myers-Bradley 4]

How soon after gastric sleeve were you allowed to start taking medications without crushing?

[jane13 2,256]

good morning.

I was told smaller than a regular M&M was ok. anything bigger has to be crushed. I break them in half. I was also told no gummies. I believe I can have them in a couple of months. I am about three months post.

[ShrinkingPeach 1,291]

I was told to resume meds the next day. I had no problem swallowing and didn't have to crush them. They did make me really full tho lol

[jane13 2,256]

I wasn't full off my meds and didn't have issues swallowing. I was told the reason for the smaller size was the entrance into the stomach.

[Nancy Myers-Bradley 4]

Thank you so much. I'm on a very small pain pill that I'm not taking but am using crushed short acting. But pain clinics aren't very happy about ordering meds early. (I have very severe back pain.) so I hope my doc sill let me restart it tomorrow. Thanks again for your help.

[jwmoss 2]

My surgery was 7/20, and I quit crushing my meds a few days ago. I started with a smaller one and gave it a few minutes to see if it would go through. After that, I worked my way up to the bigger pills and all was fine.

[desertgirl_74 114]

I never crushed any meds after surgery. My surgeon sent me home with Prevacid capsules. They went down just fine.

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

I have never had to crush or change any of my meds either. Even though we are swollen after surgery, Sleevers still have a normal opening in the stomach and a pyloric valve (unlike folks with bypass and lap band).

[ididit5 4]

My Bariatric team instructed me to take my meds with warm Water that way it would digest easily.