I'm just wondering if anyone knows why we have to crush our pills or open the capsules for the first 6 weeks. But after that we can take them normally? Was everyone else told the same thing? Do you know why?

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I'm just wondering if anyone knows why we have to crush our pills or open the capsules for the first 6 weeks. But after that we can take them normally? Was everyone else told the same thing? Do you know why?

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It's because a pill won't fit through the opening at the bottom of your pouch. You'll be swollen, and it takes about 6 weeks for the swelling to go down.

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Well there you go. Thank you

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After my RNY surgery, I found that I could no longer physically swallow medium to large pills, such as my Citricals. I had to crush them. After about 2 months, I discovered that I could swallow them again.

As someone else said it has everything to do with swelling. Once it goes down it should get better.

I will say, I still cannot swallow fat pills but I can swallow longer tablets. For example, I cannot take NyQuil liquidcaps, they get stuck but I can take the caplets with no problem.

I take extended release metformin. I don't think these can be crushed because it would cause all of the medicine to hit at once. Has anyone else had this concern?

My NP explained that due to the limited absorption we have following bypass, the surgeon prefers to have his patients crush pills for at least a year.