I need advice regarding taking pills post surgery. I am on Glucophage 1000mg twice daily. I am worried about taking this pill after i am banded tomorrow. It is a rather large pill, which is scored so i can cut it in half. But even cut in half it is still big. Any suggestions would be appreciated. I am also taking an number of smaller pills. I want to prepare myself for this.

I am taking them too as well as a pile of others, I asked my Doc about it and he said the pouch has liquid but no acids. so anything that will dissolve in water will not be a problem but food will only be digested in the normal part of the stomach so it has to be small enough to fit through the restricted band after you get filled.

My surgeon thinks differently--I am not allowed to take any pill that is bigger than a pencil eraser. So anything I take either has to be crushable or in liquid form.

I was put on Metformin for PCOS and decided to get off of it because of the size of the pill. The PCOS should get better with losing weight so I felt ok with that decision.

I take 1000 Mg of Glucophage every morning. I cut mine in half. I had a problem one time.....just takeing it all to quickly. I take chewable vitiamins now, chewable vitamin C and Tums for calcium all this along with a protien shot in the morning.....as long as I take one....pause....sip......take another one....etc etc..I am fine. I take the chewable with me so I can chew up on the way to work.

I was on 1500 mg of glucophage before surgery. I stipped taking it at surgery and have not needed it since. Being banded seems to help stablize my blood sugar pretty quickly and eating right helped, of course. On glucophage my A1C was 6.8. Now my A1C is 6.3 on NO MEDS!

There also is a liquid called Riomet. Not bad tasting. If you need to continue, ask your doc for this med until you lose enough to go off it totally.

Good luck!