When did u start taking your pills without crushing them??

I was never told I had to crush my pills, but I did it anyways for about 1 week. After that, I swallowed them whole and have not had any problem. I am almost 3.5 months out.

About 4 to 6 months. Some meds I could no longer stomach.

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I never had to crush my pills. The only thing I had to do was cut my pills in half for the first 2 weeks. I didn't start my Calcium, b-12 or MVI till 2 weeks. And at one month I started thiamine. Those were the only restrictions for me. I have no problem taking whole pills now at 7 weeks out.

However, I would call your surgeon for direction on this because every surgeon is so different and you want to do what is expected for your program.

I was never told I had to crush my pills, but I did it anyways for about 1 week. After that, I swallowed them whole and have not had any problem. I am almost 3.5 months out.

How large were they though?

My surgery is in 1 week so I am having this dilemma at the moment. My dr did tell me I would need to crush mine. I take Neurontin and the pills are on the larger side. I crushed one tonight as a prep and it was a pain to do. Bet it tastes GROSS.

1 is tiny, 1 is about the size of a round 500 milligram Tylenol and the others are capsules that I had to open with scissors.

I have to halve tylenol or anything larger. I have to empty my capsules as they're too big.

My doc said I can swallow any pills about the size of a tictac and crush or cut anything else. I tried cutting a women's one a day to take for a multivitamin last week (six weeks out) and threw up violently for several hours because it got stuck. I have had no issue taking my Prozac though which is a capsule a little larger than a tictac.

I am on all chewable and liquid forms of vitamins. My B1 i cut into 4 pieces and one capsle that I open up and mix with apple sauce. The whole vitamin routine is quite a pain but mandatory!