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Difficulty swallowing pills after surgery

angela9298

By angela9298, in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums

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angela9298    15

angela9298
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Hi everyone, I tried to do some research on this before I posted but didn't seem to find anything.

I've never had a problem taking pills before. I would take a few smaller pills at a time, no problem. I'm currently one month post op, and I've been taking my surgeon prescribed Prilosec and actigall since one week post op. I had been having trouble getting these down. It wasn't so much my stomach giving my problems, it was actually swallowing them, and getting them to my stomach. They felt like they were stuck in the back of my throat! I drank Water but it didn't seem to help, slowly I would feel them going down. Now that I'm a month post op, I just added a one a day Multivitamin capsule instead of the liquid I was taking, and it's really thrown me off the deep end. I feel like they get in my throat and two days in a row I had to run to the bathroom because I was this close to throwing up. I just can't think of a reason why I would be having physical difficulties swallowing pills now. Once they make it to my stomach I'm fine. Is this all in my head? Has anyone else had this issue? Or any suggestions? I'll talk to my doctor next week anyway. Thanks for the help!

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chukki    7

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I use a pill spliter for my medications. I take 3.5 pills. Takes about 20 minutes to get them down.

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elisa5150    212

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I used to be able to swallow all my pills at once (preop) but not it's a process (7 days post op). I'm using Vitamin Patches. Go slow.

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ppressey24    254

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Im 3 wks out and my dr still has me crushing my pills but i just swollow them. As far as my Vitamins, im doing the gummies for now. But i just didnt want to do the crush thing. Thats nasty even if you didnt have surgery but i just swollow them and call it a day.

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autymn    27

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Same here. I'm almost 7 months out and it does get a little better, but not always. I get chewable in whatever I can stand. Drink something before you try to swallow something so your throat is not dry.

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angela9298    15

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Thanks everyone. All of my pills are capsules though so I'm not able to crush or split them. Maybe I'll try take one at a time and waiting 10 or so minutes in between. Glad its not just me!

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