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Wow, i was getting a bit scared reading this thread I'm still in the pre-op stage but i take a ton of pills for all kinds of stuff but my surgeon said he believed for the most part I would probably be eliminating most of them right after surgery, but then as I was reading this thread and seeing how many of you still have to take them I started thinking holy cow there is no way I'd be able to crush all those pills and no way I'll be able to swallow them whole. Thank goodness you guys mentioned they make this stuff in liquid form, that is great to know just in case i still will have to take some of my pills. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS INFO... It's a life saver.

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Yes, applesauce works great to eliminate the taste I have a pill grinder/cutter and I put my pills in applesauce after I smash them it works great try that. I am post op 2 months now and I still have to take my cholestorol meds and my high blood pressure meds and I also have degentertive disc disease and arthritist so I take ant-flam and pain meds for my back also.

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I'm 6 weeks out & STILL have trouble with my daily meds. If swallowed they end up hurting & feeling stuck. The alternative of crushing them up is just nauseating! Wish there was an easy fix.

Break them in half

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Do the painkillers come in liquid form? Crushed vicodin would taste horrendous with all the tylonol in it =/

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I'm 4 months out and after surgery I was taken off my metformin I still taken blood pressure medicine but now I have no problem swallowing them

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Oh I thought we had to continue to crush our meds forever. I am 3 months post op so does that mean I can just take my pills without crushing them now? and do we still have to drink those horrible Protein Shakes?

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Oh I thought we had to continue to crush our meds forever. I am 3 months post op so does that mean I can just take my pills without crushing them now? and do we still have to drink those horrible Protein shakes?

You can swallow them now

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Do the painkillers come in liquid form? Crushed vicodin would taste horrendous with all the tylonol in it =/

My surgeon prescribed liquid lortab.

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You should always ask your doc before you change from crushed to pill form. I know that my doc said that I could start pills after 3 mos.

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My surgeon here in so cal gave me all meds in liquid form...pain med lortab...zantac to prevent acid...and ursidol to prevent gallstones...im sure if you ask pharmacy they can give it to yoy...

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