How Do You Take Medications?

[nan73 0]

I haven't had any trouble with pills but I haven't had to take any big pills since my second fill so I don't really know.

[PhotoNut 7]

I take Effexor everyday with no problems. It is in capsule form.

Once when I got a migrane at my daughter's house, all she had for pain relief were large capsule things. I had read that you can soak jell-tabs in warm Water long enough to make the outside soft and gooey, so I took these capsules with warm Water and let them sit in my mouth and soften up a bit before I swallowed. They went down with no problem.

If you currently take meds that are large pills, speak to your Dr about switching to a liquid form. And don't ever take your pills with cold drinks. The cold causes the stomach to draw up/shrink/spam whatever the correct term is. :cool:

[Angelator 0]

You can buy pill crushers at a pharmacy or a Walmart type place which makes it possible to take any solid pills without any worries. Can't crush gel capsules though so I'm not sure about those.

[juliegeraci 7]

I take Lexapro and Wellbutrin together in the a.m. I use a pill crusher. If you are on Wellbutrin however, you need to make sure from your doctor it can be crushed. One of the Wellbutrins cannot so he changed my prescription. I also take Geodon at night. I asked my doctor if they would go down and he said yes so those remain in capsule form. So far no problem with meds, but I haven't had a fill yet so we'll have to see.

[gjray 0]

I haven't had any problems with my medication. I take several tablets to control diabetes and the Glucovance are large. I take them one at a time and have had no problem to date. I was banded May 30th, 2006. My only problem has been that I can't seem to keep enough food in me to keep me from starting to 'shake' from low blood sugar and I am allergic to sugar ( I break out in a rash so a sugar pill as a quick fix isn't an option).

GRay

230/217/208/140 lbs.

Starting wt./Surgery wt./Today/Goal

[juliegeraci 7]

gjray, have you tried 1/2 a Protein Shake a couple times a day. I use a good soy based on from GNC. I have no loss of energy and I feel good. That may help with your blood sugar level.

[cris35 2]

I haven't been banded yet, but I hope I don't have any problems because I take a pill for my heart everyday and they are extended release so they can't be crushed, and they are the only ones i can take, because the others give me asthma attacks. And I take prozac, and abilify. so i hope everything will be alright, because sudden stoppage of the heart pill, can actually induce a heart attack.

[Loving-It 0]

Any pills I take have to be cut into four pieces. My doctor did tell me that I could take the Tylenol Rapid Release gels. Here is a link to their website that has a little video to show how they work: http://www.tylenol.com/page.jhtml?id=tylenol/news/subprrg.inc. These I don't have to break, just take them. I haven't had to take any yet but like I said, they are recommended by my surgeon so I'm sure they are okay.

Right now I am taking chewable Centrum which are absolutely horrible, but I take them. Once they are gone I'll go back to my regular Centrums, just broken into 4 pieces.

[Kathy473 1]

I take Prozac in liquid form, chew 2 Calcium Viactiv and 1 Multi-Vitamin Viactiv and use BC powders for aches and pains or Tylenol liquid for adults....so far I haven't had to take anything else.

[jowens@mnat.com 0]

I take five pills per day and am required to crush them. I started out putting the powder into applesauce but the bitterness got old fast. Now I take about 2oz of V8 juice and disolve the powder as much as possible. Then I swallow it quickly which prevents me from hardly tasting what is going down.

[time4change 0]

I've been banded a week, and just bite my pills a few times to crush them, with a swig of crystal light. It's not fun, but it works fine!

[barbara465 2]

My doctor wants all pills crushed. I crush them everyday and take with a couple spoonfuls of yogurt.

[lizzilo 0]

Kathy,

Does your surgeon approve of BC powders? I work in an emergency room and see lots of bleeding tummies from those boogers.

[laurapar 0]

I eat a banana in the morning and when I'm ready to swallow I just put the pill in my mouth and it all goes down together. I take 4 different pills in different sizes and shapes and it works out just fine.

[mslynn 0]

Kathy,

Does your surgeon approve of BC powders? I work in an emergency room and see lots of bleeding tummies from those boogers.

What are "BC powders"?

Thanks,

Mslynn

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