Taking pills

[Spectra13 25]

Hi! I was sleeved 9/19. I was prescribed a capsule medication to take to prevent gallbladder issues. However, I have read everyone saying they open their capsules. Is there an actual problem with taking the capsule? I opened it and tried to mix with pudding its putrid. Plus I don't want to waste a meal on trying to put medicine in it and not being able to enjoy my food since we get so little.

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[Dashofpixiedust8 1,469]

You shouldn't open a capsule without consulting either your doctor or pharmacist. Not all pills can by opened. Also you can take whole pills after surgery. I was given my pills to take the morning after surgery.

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[Pescador 1,374]

Please ask your surgeon. The only capsule we were told to open was Omeprazole

[Dashofpixiedust8 1,469]

Please ask your surgeon. The only capsule we were told to open was Omeprazole

I wasn't told to open my omeprazole. It's so interesting to me that everyone is told different things

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[Spectra13 25]

Please ask your surgeon. The only capsule we were told to open was Omeprazole

I wasn't told to open my omeprazole. It's so interesting to me that everyone is told different things

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On a side note I've opened my omeprazole prior to surgery. It works faster imo. But yeah I didn't want to open the omeprazole and asked if I could get a prescription for tab only and he oblidged. But then he prescribed the gall bladder med in a capsule and I was like well wth!

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[leese1978 22]

I was told by the nurse and nutritionist that if you open the gallbladder pill and put it in cool whip- it sort of masks the taste. I luckily didn't have to take it. But many many people said it helped. A spoon full of cool whip make a little hole in it, pour the opened pill cover it up with cool whip and eat.

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[Dashofpixiedust8 1,469]

Please ask your surgeon. The only capsule we were told to open was Omeprazole

I wasn't told to open my omeprazole. It's so interesting to me that everyone is told different things

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On a side note I've opened my omeprazole prior to surgery. It works faster imo. But yeah I didn't want to open the omeprazole and asked if I could get a prescription for tab only and he oblidged. But then he prescribed the gall bladder med in a capsule and I was like well wth!

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Haha yeah, that's crazy. I wasn't given any meds for my gallbladder...now at 4 months out I'm having my gallbladder taken out on October 18th

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[Spectra13 25]

I was told by the nurse and nutritionist that if you open the gallbladder pill and put it in cool whip- it sort of masks the taste. I luckily didn't have to take it. But many many people said it helped. A spoon full of cool whip make a little hole in it, pour the opened pill cover it up with cool whip and eat.

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I'll try that. Lol. I had it in s chocolate snack pack pudding. It masked it but the aftertaste was still there.

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[Nerdgrl 61]

I was sleeved on 9/29 and am taking 2 capsules (prescribed by the doctor) 3x/day. My sleeve doesn't particularly like the capsules but I asked the doctor if it was okay to take them and he said it was fine - for what it's worth.

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