How long

[ThinJenne 187]

How long so you have to wait before you can swallow pill again?? Taking antibotics and crushing them is disgusting

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[Kaylamh 144]

Most of my Vitamins are chewables :/ I know I can switch to a pill form of Calcium at 3 months. So maybe that long?

[RickM 1,747]

Rule #1 - check with your surgeon as to their rules and recommendations - that's part of what you (and/or your insurance) have paid them for.

The answers that you will get from different surgeons will vary from "you don't need to wait" up to maybe six months or more. Many docs draw from their bypass experience where pills getting stuck in the stoma can be a problem, which doesn't exist for those with a sleeve based procedure. Some may have more inflammation in their stomach the first couple weeks than others and may need to chew or crush pills to move them through - YMMV. I was back to taking normal pills within the first week after surgery, with the only chewables that I used were for Calcium as those can be real horse-pills. I never needed to crush any pills (yuck...)

[Faith16 27]

The day after surgery I started taking Reglan three times a day for 7 days. My doc says as long as the pill is smaller than a pepcid it was ok.

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[sasharbinx 115]

I've been taking regular pills and gummies since I got out of the hospital. I mentioned it to the staff in what form they were in and they said it was no problem. So far so good! ????????‍♀️

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[WitchySar 244]

I was swallowing pills while still in the hospital. The meds I'm on don't come in liquids and they all agreed that crushing them would taste disgusting. Just had to split most of them. A couple in half, one in quarters. My Vitamins are all gummies.< /p>

[ThinJenne 187]

Thank you guys for your input ill speak with my surgeon but i did try spliting them this morning because my taste buds could not take the crushing without throwing them up this morning

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