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Pills ????

At night when I go to take my meds I get so nauseous... It's unbearable! Does anyone else have this issue? What did you do? I have to take meds.

Ps 5 weeks post op

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Take them slowly and with protein shake or food. For example take 1 pill, wait a minute, then the next and so on. Make sure you take them more than an hour before bed.

I'm still in my first week post-op and have found this is the most unpleasant aspect of the surgery thus far.

I'm fortunate that I don't have to take many meds, just 4. They are all tablets.

I simply chew them up and swallow down with some Water. The taste is horrible, but some sips of water and then brushing my teeth right after knocks out the bad taste.

Is it fun ? Heck no ! Is it a big deal ? Nope, not if I don't dwell on it and delay. Just chomp 'em up and wash 'em down. A few seconds of yuck that is over with really soon.

Again, I realize that I'm lucky by only having four pills and lucky they are tablets. Were they caplets, then I'd dismantle them and get the powder out.

I'd actually considering going to a local compounding pharmacy and see if they could do liquid emulsions on my pills, however, the "chomp 'n swallow" method is working just fine.


I'm still in my first week post-op and have found this is the most unpleasant aspect of the surgery thus far.

I'm fortunate that I don't have to take many meds, just 4. They are all tablets.

I simply chew them up and swallow down with some water. The taste is horrible, but some sips of water and then brushing my teeth right after knocks out the bad taste.

Is it fun ? Heck no ! Is it a big deal ? Nope, not if I don't dwell on it and delay. Just chomp 'em up and wash 'em down. A few seconds of yuck that is over with really soon.

Again, I realize that I'm lucky by only having four pills and lucky they are tablets. Were they caplets, then I'd dismantle them and get the powder out.

I'd actually considering going to a local compounding pharmacy and see if they could do liquid emulsions on my pills, however, the "chomp 'n swallow" method is working just fine.

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I only have 2 1/2... It just makes me so sick taking them.. I was trying hard last night not to have them come back up.

The nausea is the worst part of the whole thing!!! I hate it with a passion!

Ohh wow...now im.worried. I have my surgery Tues Oct.20 ..I have 8 pills I take in the morning, 4 at lunch, 5 in the Evenings. And I know that I will have pain meds and other meds to take after surgery as well..... It NEVER even crossed my mind that taking my meds could be a issue. I mean it makes total sense. Surgery.is.in.3'days. Im SO excited but.the closer I get the more anxiety I have. (THIS LIQUID DIET IS FOR THE BIRDS)!!

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