Hi all-

i am supposed to get my surgery on friday-have checked with my pharmacist and all my meds can be crushed. My question now is how did you all hide the taste of them in that first month? i am nervous i won't be able to get them down because of the taste! thanks

Hi all-

i am supposed to get my surgery on friday-have checked with my pharmacist and all my meds can be crushed. My question now is how did you all hide the taste of them in that first month? i am nervous i won't be able to get them down because of the taste! thanks

I bought a pill crusher and I crush them and add a little flavored Water (like crystal light) to it. The worst are these Red Yeast Rice capsules I have to take. They are gross. This I found as a bummer about the lap band. But maybe after I lose weight, I can get off of some of my meds. Good Luck to You!!

I sprinkled mine onto a sugar free Popsicle. The first bite isn't great but the ick goes away fast.

I used sugar free pudding. take a spoon or 1/2 spoon whatever soot's your taste "no pun intended" , put your crushed pill into that, then take another spoon of pudding. Use a swallow or 2 of Water to help wash it down, if it's that bad. That's what I did. Hope it helps.

Shirley

The only pill I had to crush was my pain pill (Vicodin) and I tried it crushed once and couldn't do it. I was told I could cut the pills up (real small) and take them that way.

I take multiple different sized pills and I do NOT crush any of them. I have changed the times during the day that I take some of them, so that I am not taking all of them at the same time, When I asked the doctor, he told me that unless it is a really large pill you should not have to crush it. It is also very important to make sure that any medicines you are taking are not extended release medications, their coating or capsules are designed to dissove at a rate for the extended release. Best of luck. You can also check to see if any of the medications are available in a liquid form.

As for physically getting them down the hatch with minimum flavour impact? Shove the bits on to the back of your tongue instead of merely popping them into your mouth where they hit your tongue more toward the middle. Then hit it with a bit of water. It should do the trick with minimum misery.