For those of you with restriction... are you able to swallow pills?

My PCP just put me on a new gelcap pill that's a little on the larger size. It is not a normal gelcap though... it's seamless and the outer gel coating is quite thick.

I'm pretty sure that it would be a pain in the butt to cut open and I'd probably get it's contents everywhere.

It's about 3/4 the thickness of a pencil eraser and 3/4 of an inch long. Do you think you'd have problems getting it past your band?

Nope, I wouldn't even try....last time I took a pill like that, I was stuck for a few days...had to drink lemon juice to try to melt it. If it's not a tablet I can cut, I don't take it.

Good luck!

Doesn't your PCP know you are banded? I am very restricted and have to cut pills up really small and open my capsules.

Mimi

I have no problem with gelcaps or powder capsules. I do have trouble with solid tablets/pills unless they are small or dissolve very quickly (no time-release pills or caps for me!)--and have my doc substitute liquids for those as much as possible.

But I have good restriction, and take a couple of ginormous gelcaps each morning with no trouble. Warm liquid helps ensure they dissolve before they need to work their way through my stoma :rolleyes2: