I just had my lap band done Thur the 21st of this month. I can take all my pills now but I am worried after the first fill. Efexor ER is my biggest bill along with allapurnol. How hard does it get with the larger pills and what do you do to take them?

Bill (pigpurple):help:

I don't take pills but you should be able to crush or cut unless enteric coated. Call your doctor or pharmacist and ask if cutting/crushing the pills would be a problem. If so, ask their advice. Some things come in liquid form, others can be disolved then ingested. Best to let your doc make the call.

The people who make Effexor said it could be opened and put in a spoonful of applesauce. Call them if you need to check. They all publish customer service phone numbers.

I have 10.1cc in a 10cc band with really good restriction and I have no problems taking my effexor XR.

I've never had any trouble taking pills with the band unless they were those big horse pill vitamins.

I was taking a big horse pill called Tarka but it was a time release pill that could not be crushed....I didn't find that out until I had to call poison control but back to the crushing. The doctor changed my pills.