Why can't we swallow pills whole????

[Joann454 1,329]

I was allowed to swallow pills (as long as they weren't huge) right from the get go. All the literature they gave me said to crush or go to liquid form but when I met with the surgeon before surgery he dismissed that and said it's fine. He was right. It's been no issue at all.

[rainyann 118]

I think it is only in the beginning when your stomach is healing and still swollen.. The same concept as that you can only eat a very small amount in the beginning

[summerset 5,261]

I can tell you what we were told: It depends on the size of the pill. If it's teeny-tiny you can swallow it. Otherwise you should crush them for the first four weeks. After that just swallow them whole.

I don't know if my treatment team was overly cautious or not. I only had to take the PPI which meant opening the capsules and swallowing tasteless little pellets so I didn't really mind it.

Caution: not every pill should be crushed! Ask a pharmacist if you're unsure!

[Sullie06 1,013]

They had my pills crushed in the hospital for had my take a liquid version if possible. My Protonix couldn't be crushed so I had to take it by injection until my 1 week post op when my doc said I could go ahead and swallow it. I now swallow all my pills. I take Levothyroxine for my thyroid and I was actually absorbing to much and have to have my levels adjusted and that was without crushing.