I'm still taking my blood pressure meds and I dread getting up in the morning because it means I have to crush my Losartan. It's disgusting!!!!!! I hate the daily experience! I've tried s/f pudding, s/f apple sauce.....

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

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!

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.