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Meds For Lap Banders

Do I need to crush my pills?

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  • http://www.ismp.org/Tools/DoNotCrush.pdf Someone here posted the above link. It contains a detailed list of medications that should not be crushed.

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I take 7 pills a day. None have given any issues except for my prozac. It was in a capsule and my doctor ordered them in tablet form and now I have no isssues.

http://www.ismp.org/.../DoNotCrush.pdf

Someone here posted the above link. It contains a detailed list of medications that should not be crushed.

Thank you so much for posting this! Very helpful!

At my pre-op consult my surgeon told me about a case where the patient had to have a stuck pill removed with a surgical procedure. That was enough to convince me not to take any pills whole. I was lucky enough to not be taking any Rx meds. and still don't. I have not swallowed a pill whole in 2 1/2 years. Here is what I take now:

Centrum adult chewable (Walmart)

hair skin and nails chews (GNC)

calcium chews (GNC)

Vitafusion Fiber gummies (Target)

Vit. D3 gummies

I also have issues with pain from fibromyalgia and headaches. For those I take a double dose of Jr. strength ibuprophen. When the pain gets to be more than what that will kick, I crush and disolve Aleve in a bit of warm Water. It burns on the way down, but kicks the pain and there are no nasty little bits left from crussing alone.

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