question on pills!

[txspatter 0]

I know this must be somewhere, but....

On prescripition meds...i take bp pills--they are capsules and arent tooo big--maybe the size of a tylenol capsule. Do you think they are too big to swallow? My PCP told me i should be able to swallow it (im afriad) and i tried opening it up in pudding..i didnt get the whole thing in and it was awful. I did take a smaller capsule with no problem.

My diabetes pill is huge--but right now i dont have to take that, i can cut that one up when the time comes...

I'm just concerned with the bp pill .

I was banded Tuesday.

Thanks for feedback...i just know i dont want it to get stuck!

I was like you for a long time. Suddenly, I got tired of crushing and dissolving. I went on Bariatric Advantage site and ordered all of my Vitamins from there. Three are capsules and one is liquid...my b/p and blood sugar have been normal since the day after...no more of those meds for me; however, everything, I take normally, down the hatch. Even my two meds at night around 9 pm. Good luck, take 'em with a smile and be happy. I think you'll be surprised!

[HolliJ 24]

Hmmm Dilaudid is a narcotic too...

Holli if I were you I'd just make sure I had some liquid tylenol on hand. That really did it for me. Just be cautious taking the dilaudid if you had such a severe reaction to hydrocodone (your doc knows what he's doing, I'm just passing along a tip!)

Remember too if you take it it can constipate you (as can all opioid narcotics) so keep an eye on that too.

Yeah, I googled it when I got home

I think there were several factors to my reacting that way. I had taken it the day before and was fine (other than staring blankly out of the window for hours, like a zombie).

But then I took it late at night and got all weird and paranoid about the effects. I'd never felt like that before (never had even been drunk), so I think it just scared me to have my perception altered. And I think because it was a chemical, it caused me to have a panic attack instead of just being worried/nervous/scared.

The same thing happened when I took Lexapro. I had panic attacks from that. So now I just stay away from medications that start with "L".