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Something Just Dawned On Me.... Swallowing Meds

I take a lot of meds in the morning and night. How am I going to get them all down in the weeks after surgery? I usually throw 8 or 10 of them in my mouth and swallow. But from everything I'm reading you're lucky if you can take tiny sips after surgery.

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  • Soo sorry this is an issue for you. Hopefully sometime soon after surgery that with weight loss will come the bonus off less meds needed but still doesn't help immediately post op. Ask your surgeon an

  • traceyinflorida
    traceyinflorida

    It does not sound like a fun problem, but remember that the pill crushing etc is for a finite period of time. Probably about a month. When I saw my surgeon for my first post op visit I was cleared t

  • DanaInNewOrleans
    DanaInNewOrleans

    Hi Nanci, Looks like I'll be in the same situation as you. I take meds that I really can't stay off for more than a few days. Are the Clear liquids immediately post-opt the standard? I was thinkin

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The BEST person to talk to is your pharmacist. He/she can tell you exactly if it ok to crush your meds. Also they can talk to your surgeon about changing some of your meds to liquid for a while.

Wishing you a speedy recovery.

Lots of medications have a liquid form.

life is a journey, not a destination; so, stop running -H.D. THEROUX

If you have a compounding pharmacy near you they can offer different methods of delivery with different meds. Many meds can be made chewable or liquid. Some can even be made topical.

And the crazy thing is quite often compounding pharmacies can offer these options even cheaper than the original medication.

I am 10 days post op now and I am now taking the small pills whole and the bigger ones I cut in half....and I doin fine with it.....got sick of crushing...

when I did crush I mixed with jello...but they still tasted awful...............cheers............

  • 2 weeks later...

I am so sick of it all...I am just taking my pills now...with apple sauce...not crushed..not cut up...and I puke everytime I have a protein shake....so I have stopped driking them also....

I took about 10 pills at night every night. When I just got done with surgery I was able to get them all in... But I took two at a time over a period of ten minutes. Just take it slow.

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