When can we stop crushing the pills after surgery and just take them normally ? I can't stand the taste of them when crushed makes me sick.

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I had VBG before and could not take pills without crushing

Even the next day after RNY I take my pills without crushing and it is s great feeling.

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Fairly quickly. I know I crushed them longer than I needed to because nobody told me I didn't have to. THey said if I cut them in half or as small as a tic tac, or similar then I didn't need to crush them. And that was fairly early on. It just has to be able to get through the openings inside you.

After RNY surgery I found that I could no longer swallow medium to large size capsules. So I split them or crushed them. About 2 months I found out that I could swallow them again. So experiment. If you gag, then it is too soon.

I had to crush them for the first two weeks and then was given the go ahead to take them whole at mt two week check up

My surgeon says 1 month.

Very soon after RNY. I didn't want to take anything but liquid, since my stomach was so sensitive, but I was told I could take small pills within a few days. I take capsules and pills smaller than an M&M without issue. Some larger pills I cut in half.

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Edited July 5, 201610 yr by NewAngela

I haven't needed to crush anything but one of my pills is large and I cut that in half. I also have one for nerve damage/pain and I spoke to the pharmacist and my doctor so it is now written in a liquid/suspended form. They tell me almost everything can be written in a liquid form so check with your pharmacist. Oh, and I had RNY

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I was fine with most pills straight after the op except calcium tablets which are generally huge. At about 12 weeks I could finally swallow them as well.

I was told by my surgeon at my 10 day post-op visit to crush for another month, unless they were smaller than a tictac. I find that by adding a packet of Splenda (or more, if you want) to one little packaged cup of applesauce, it counteracts the bitterness of my crushed meds.

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