pills!!! ---please asap

joe7777 · August 23, 2007

I just got home from wisdom teeth removal and i have to take pills (pain + antibiotics). Can i swallow?? Because the taste is god awful and making me gag them up anyways plus i may have dislodged a clot for the tooth (thats another problem)...anways, band wise, do you long time banders swallow pills whole? i havent had to take any since surgery except the pain meds and i had to crush those...but now should i do the same??

WASaBubbleButt · August 23, 2007

What drugs are you on? Please post what the label says, does it say "Amoxicillin 500 mg caps #30" for example? Read the entire sentence of the drug on each bottle. A great deal depends on which drug you are getting. I'll bet a cyber dollar both of those come in liquid and if not, we might be able to help.

WASaBubbleButt · August 23, 2007

BTW, do you have any restriction? Can you eat bread, for example?

joe7777 · August 23, 2007

yes i can eat bread and im on novoclindomycin +endocet

joe7777 · August 23, 2007

novoclindamycin..sorry

WASaBubbleButt · August 23, 2007

If you can eat bread I'll bet you are okay. With the Endocet you can break those in small pieces, like quarters and swallow them. I have to research the Novoclindamycin. I'll do that now.

joe7777 · August 23, 2007

wow...ty so much

the endocet is not the worst. the other one is the one that tastes like death....SO bad

WASaBubbleButt · August 23, 2007

Ahhh, you must be in Canada! I wasn't sure if Novo Clindomycin was a different version of Clindomycin or a brand. It's a Canadian brand name. Clindomycin comes in liquid. The capsules might get stuck and if you open it and dump it in something the taste will be likely be horrible.

Liquid Clindomycin is not a popular drug so it might be something that has to be ordered vs. sitting on your pharmacy shelf. Here in the states it comes in 75mg/teaspoonful and you are likely taking at least 150mg so your pharmacy would have to adjust the dosing. If you are taking 150mg it would be 10cc. If you are taking 300mg it would be 20cc.

If you had dental work done you really need to take all those meds. Pain is usually easier to deal with if you get to it before it kicks in full force. In other words, don't wait until you are in agony before you take pain meds. Try to head it off before it kicks in big time.