How long should I wait after surgery to take a small pill?

[endless80 697]

I am post op, 18 days and I want to start taking prilosec. Prilosec comes in a really small pill form and I am wondering if I should wait to take it or if it should be okay now.

Your experience?

[KCSG 38]

Doc put me on script for Omxy. Right after. Try to get capsules

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[AtlantaRed 651]

My NUT said I could take everything but Vitamins and fish oil right after surgery as usual. She said vitamins and fish oil are the biggest pills out there and they are hard to break down.

[SerendipityHappens 1,594]

I was taking capsules starting on the first day after surgery.. The nurses and I were all fed up with my IV and veins and got the doctor to agree to let me have all my meds orally. I started taking my Vitamins in capsule form about a week after surgery but was told to wait two weeks before starting the Calcium since that was a larger pill and in tablet form. I'm currently 6 months out and take a "vitamin meal" of about 10 pills twice daily. I just toss the whole handful of pills (including a few large gel caps and tablets)in my mouth at once and drink a sip of Water. Never had a problem.

[Shells_Almost_There 357]

It could vary by doc, of course, but I've been on my prescription prilosec (Omeprazole) since the day after surgery. It's a small capsule. I was also advised to crush any pills like my tylenol for the first few weeks if they felt too big to swallow, but I haven't had a problem yet. Extended release meds can't be crushed, though, so I haven't taken any of that type of med since surgery. Good luck!

[Bufflehead 6,358]

I've been taking small pills and capsules since the day after surgery -- as prescribed by my doctor and brought to me to take in the hospital by the nursing staff -- no problems whatsoever.

[Olarance75 215]

I was told to open capsule and mix in applesauce

[zachprice502 16]

I take my Prilosec whole. It goes down smooth.