Does anyone have any advice for taking crushed meds? My Vitamin and another med are horrid tasting!

Jessica

After surgery? I'm 4 days post and I take them by half...gel caps I take with an ounce of water and then stay allow 20 mins and more water:)

Yes after... My surgeon said I will have to crush all my pills for eight weeks.

Jessica

Mix your meds with applesauce or sugar free cool whip-

Just talked to my doc and they said if they're small birth control size pills or liquids a little bigger than that then its ok to swallow. I've been doing it for a few days. Bigger pills they said to chop into 4...makes them easier to swallow.

What about capsules post surgery?

I was told not to take them. All of my meds have to be crushed. I guess all doctors are different though. I was on Effexor xr. It's a capsule but can't be opened because it's extended release. My primary Dr switched me to a regular tablet twice a day. It's actually the one that tastes soooooo bad!!! It would be the same as swallowing a piece of candy. I'm gonna try to do exactly what my doctor wants, I'm sure that's easier said than done though....lol.

Jessica

Extended release capsule can be opened. Put the contents on applesauce and swallow. Be sure not to bite any of contents. This is what I did for my son's adderall xr when he couldn't swallow pill. Still worked fine for him.

First make sure you have a nice pill crusher, I got mine at Walgreen's. I usually make all my meds into a fine powder and then mix with vanilla yogurt in a medicine cup. It's still not the greatest but it's tolerable. The yogurt is sweet enough to help cut the bitterness. I take a Flinstones Complete chewable vitamin and a sub-lingual B-12 first by mouth. Then I crush up a Pepcid AC max, my BP pill, Actigall, and biotin and then mix into a medicine cup with as little amount of yogurt as possible, make sure to leave a couple little baby spoonfulls of plain yogurt to help cut the bitterness after you finish off the crushed meds. Hope that helps, been doing this for 5 weeks. Good Luck!!!