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Ok I had my surgery on 6/25/13 and my doctor tells me I have to have my medications, like blood pressure, thyroid, Lipitor , all crushed taken with whatever. IT IS HORRIBLE! I can barely tolerate the taste. In hospital they gave some through my IV .Those of you out there who take meds, how are you taking them?. Help

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Ok I had my surgery on 6/25/13 and my doctor tells me I have to have my medications' date=' like blood pressure, thyroid, Lipitor , all crushed taken with whatever. IT IS HORRIBLE! I can barely tolerate the taste. In hospital they gave some through my IV .Those of you out there who take meds, how are you taking them?. Help[/quote']

I'm on lots of meds I tried crushing them and hated the taste now I just break in half :)

I'm on blood pressure, thyroid, arthritis , cholesterol meds plus prednisone also chewable Vitamins and Calcium you name it I'm on it !! oh yeah Prilosec and Reglan -- hang in there and just break them :)

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Ok I had my surgery on 6/25/13 and my doctor tells me I have to have my medications' date=' like blood pressure, thyroid, Lipitor , all crushed taken with whatever. IT IS HORRIBLE! I can barely tolerate the taste. In hospital they gave some through my IV .Those of you out there who take meds, how are you taking them?. Help[/quote']

I just take them one at a time with a small drink of Water. They are small, no crushing needed.

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I took all of mine whole with a very small sip of Water, one at a time at the hospital and when I got home. Only thing I waited two weeks to start again was the Calcium.

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Ok I had my surgery on 6/25/13 and my doctor tells me I have to have my medications, like blood pressure, thyroid, Lipitor , all crushed taken with whatever. IT IS HORRIBLE! I can barely tolerate the taste. In hospital they gave some through my IV .Those of you out there who take meds, how are you taking them?. Help

I take all my meds like i did before (whole)

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I crush mine per my instructions. I put the in the chocolate Protein Shake. It seems to mask the taste the best. I tried swallowing one small pill whole and it hurt so I will crush mine until I see the doc for my two week.

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