Has anyone stopped crushing their pills and started taking them whole before the 8 weeks is up?

I'm curious to know this as well.

The other day i crushed up two Tylenol and put it in my diet cranberry juice (I'm still on liquids). It tasted like poison!!!

I've decided to live with discomfort instead of enduring that horrible concoction again. I have arthritis and so far I have been lucky enough to not have any serious issues with that, probably because I'm not working.

I have another question. Where in the world do you find liquid Tylenol for adults?

I could not find liquid Tylenol for adults but I spoke w a pharmacist who said take the children's and increase the dosage. It seems to be working for me. There is liquid for adults but most pharmacies do not seem to carry it, something about it not selling, according to the Target pharmacist.

I have found liquid tylenol at CVS, Walgreens and at time the grocery store. Hope that helps

What about prescription meds? I mix crush mine and mix with applesauce which helps tremendously but I hate doing it because it is still horrible!

I hv meds that I can't stop, and my surgeon has prescribed losec as well. I was told I can hv gel caps, and capsules, but not those powdery tablets, as they can get stuck, and will taste and feel horrible until they melt. My friend said if she needs antibiotics she asks for liquid as her type comes in big elephant tablets.

My doc said I can take my meds without crushing them starting week 4 so I only have. Few days left of this rat poison. Lol. The meds make me sick.

I take a Tylenol if I need it but that's the only pills I have taken!

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Amazon has the liquid Tylenol for adults but it's pretty pricey - $25 for an 8oz bottle. But they also have a generics for $13 and up (good idea to check with your doctor before taking a generic). My doctor suggested mixing the crushed meds with applesauce or sugar free chocolate pudding (which was my personal preference). I was on the crushed meds until the second post-op checkup which was about six weeks out.

I'm just 8 weeks out as of today- I've never crushed mine - the first 4 weeks I used chewable vitamins but ran out so since I've been taking these HUGE multivitamin pills!!

I still have issues with big pills a year out and crushed pills are the worst they taste gross no matter what they are mixed with I know I tried cuz I was on a lot of Meds in the beginning

Yea I was told I didn't have to crush any pills I take Claritin and a antibiotic for my cold and it's HUGE LOL