I had surgery just this Monday and any pills I have to take, I have to crush them. Most of them taste so gross and bitter, yuck! When were you allowed to start swallowing pills whole?

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I could be very wrong, but I don't think for a few months if at all (if they are massive).

Supposed to have gummy/chewy vitimins...

My doc said as tolerated after two weeks.

I had surgery just this Monday and any pills I have to take' date=' I have to crush them. Most of them taste so gross and bitter, yuck! When were you allowed to start swallowing pills whole?

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I met with my doc after two wks and he said that it was ok as long as they weren't big pills...and when you do crush them it might help if you mix them with a lil apple sauce to dull the taste or get your doc to give u liquid meds. <<<They taste nasty too but alot better than the crushed meds.

My doctors had me taking them a few days after surgery.

For whatever reason it's worse for me to crush and then try to get that powder in to something. I just cut them in to little pieces and chew each little piece up really quick. I don't know if that helps or not!

Oh yea, my morning routine right now is to open my Prilosec in some SF pudding, adding into it a few of my other meds. Mix it up and .... yuck!

I started taking them whole around 2 weeks. No problems : )

I've been taking my pills since day of surgery!

I took them whole the day after surgery while still in the hospital.

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All depends on your doctor but I had my sleeve may 15th 2012. I was taking my meds may 18th! Whole pills!

I was taking pills roughly 2 days after my surgery..... no problems at all!

Good Luck!

Day after surgery.

However, I do request that any new medications be prescribed in liquid or sub lingual form as I don't like the idea of pills rolling around in my sleeve. The only pills I swallow are EffexorXR and Protonix.

F that I take them whole

I have also been taking them whole since the day after surgery. I have to wait to take vitamins till I am 2 weeks out and then those have to be chewable or liquid. I am taking synthroid, an antinausea pill, and antacid whole a couple of times a day and haven't had a problem.

I've been taking them since the day after my sleeve surgery. I couldn't tolerate the liquid pain meds in the hospital so they gave me Vicodin and told me to split the pill in half to take. No problems and 4 days post op.