How Do You Take Medications?

[sherriberry 0]

I take medication everyday and it has never been a problem, I have only had one fill, 4cc and so far so good, just make sure you drink lots of Water with them.

[carolel 0]

I drink some Water first to open up the band and themn take them with a full 8 ounces of water. Enough to wash them down. I take chewable vitamins so that's not a problem.

[Terrilen 0]

I take 8 pills in the a.m. and 11 pills at night! To say I struggle to get them down and keep them down is an understatement! I take a few at a time with lots of room temp Water. I used to crush them but my teeth and gums were taking a beating. Now I just go really slow and hope they stay down!

[ReneBean 3]

I take my meds at night - when I have the most wiggle room. Unless I have just had a fill - I can take them normally - even the Capsule one.

[flabuless 18]

I take thyroxin or my hypothyroidism fortunately they are tiny pills so i dont have problems taking them normally however i have liquid panadeine for headaches and stuff.

:xena_banana: becky

[LoriPA 4]

My meds in pill form are tiny enough that I can take them whole without problems. The capsule form ones I have to remove from the capsules and empty into my Protein Drink and mix it. Otherwise, the taste is gross!:angry

[kyethra 0]

I take a ton of pills. Probably 15 a day. Most of them are small, so I can just take them. After the surgery I had to open up my cymbalta caps. That was annoying because I would forget to take them (it took longer so I would save them for last) and before today it was about 4 days before I took them. So now I'm depressed and so forth. Duh. Not a good idea, not taking meds. But they now go down. I do have these huge decongestant pills that right now won't though. So I take sudafed every four hours and cough Syrup. Yuck. I'm hoping that I can swallow those in bits soon. I break some pills, like my provigil, in half.

I give myself a lot of time to take them now. Before the band it was just a couple handfuls and a few gulps of Water. Now its one or two pills and few sips. Wait a little while. Then repeat.

I can't wait until I can take my NSAIDs again. I need mine if I am going to be physically active. I either have a choice between opoids or NSAIDs. For daily pain the opoids are stronger than I want to use. I have a prescription NSAID that usually take about 4-7 times a week (suldinac aka clinoril) and its difficult without it or even aleve (I have Fibromyalgia). Plus I also would have trouble swallowing my darvocets-- those have to be chopped into little pieces (not available in liquid). Get a good pill cutter from walgreens and even a razor or two if needed.

If it is a pill I have troulbe swallowing (the tiny uncoated ones for me actually) then I might just swallow it with apple sauce instead of Water. Makes it easier sometimes.

I also have a couple meds that are applied through other methods (vaginal ring) and an adhesive patch. No swallowing required.

[Poodles 0]

I bite mine into smaller bits. My daily capsule, I just swallow. My Vitamins, I open up or puncture into a mass of goo and mix in a little chocolate whey Protein Shake mix. My gel caps make the liquid. Then I put it all in a spoon and "chase" it with something good, like milk or V8. Tastes absolutely horrible without that chaser. (Hold your breath and swallow!)

[stacy16 0]

I take 15 pills a day. I used to be able to swallow 4 or 5 at a time, now I just take each one individually and have not had a problem. Let's see how it goes after I get a fill!

Stacy

[sistasassy 6]

Can Calcium pills be crushed? They are just over the counter type but are huge!

I also take Tylenol PM at night and wonder about crushing them as well.

I take Cymbalta and it is fairly large. It is a capsule and bet it cannot be crushed. Bet I need to talk to the doc about that one. Anyone know?

[bandster_1007 1]

i have to take my very carefully even now when i don't have a tight fill. i have thrown up birth control pills in the evening though.

when i'm tight, i have to be very careful with the amount of Water that i swallow to get the pill down, no more than a small swallow. any more and it is coming back up.

[favorite 3]

i can swallow my smaller pills. the large Vitamins i use a knife and chop them into a few pieces.

[pchamster 0]

Hi everyone:

I take my meds normally, making sure to leave 30-60 seconds in between pills if taking more than one.

[pchamster 0]

liquid anything just gives me the willies lol......and I'm hoping this band will rid me of my diabetes and high blood pressure an that's 3 pills gone if it does :thumbup:

Trust me Sunny - IT WILL. :tt2: :thumbup: :laugh:

I say this because my PCP just recently took me off Metformin too. To that....All I have to say is **BUH-BYE** BIG PILL.

I still have one more big pill to take, but that is for the neurological disorder I have. The pill is Depakote @ 500 mg. Trust me, that sucker is HUGE. I have to take FOUR of these a day PLUS a smaller version @ 250 mg. That's A WHOPPIN' 2250 mg. right there.

All just to keep me from having seizures and landing in the ER as a result.

Hopefully my neurologist will readjust my Depakote levels to match my weight. But until he does that, I have to keep all 2250 mg. of Depakote.

Ohh yeah, I also have to take 1000 mg. of Keppra per day ON TOP of the Depakote for a total of 3250 mg. of anti-seizure medications per day.

The Keppra isn't hard at all to take with my band either. My problem lies with those four 500 mg. Depakote pills I currently have to take.

Just my $.02 worth....

Cheers

[tottie1990 0]

I take an extended release capsule for my heart. I have tried the non extended release before and it didnt work well for me. My surgeon says it should be fine but from everything I read it has me worried.