Currently in the hospital. Nurse wants me to swallow Tylenol pills but I am terrified is it normal to be given oral pills?

Wait for your Doc.

We are not doctors, we don't know your health situation. We don't know diddly.

If you don't trust the medical professional [nurse] trying to give you Tylenol, then wait for your Doc.

Good luck,

Tek

I’d also suggest waiting to talk to your doctor. But I will say, I am 6 days post op and the nurses also brought me Tylenol to take orally the day after surgery after IV pain med orders were discontinued by my doc. I didn’t take them because they were too difficult to swallow.

7 minutes ago, samiaam25 said:

I’d also suggest waiting to talk to your doctor. But I will say, I am 6 days post op and the nurses also brought me Tylenol to take orally the day after surgery after IV pain med orders were discontinued by my doc. I didn’t take them because they were too difficult to swallow.

Same here. They said they wanted to be sure I could tolerate oral meds before I went home. The first time I tried, it didn't go well. The 2nd time, we crushed the pills and dissolved them in a little liquid and that was fine (although nasty, LOL).

I had to grind up my pills (except capsules and chewables) for the first three months. I'm sure glad that's over!

They allowed be to swallow pills from day one, as long as they could fit through a medium straw or if it was a capsule.

Update: doc said as long as I cut them in half they are fine. Gave me liquid Tylenol this time

I was given liquid tylenol and used the liquid at home for the first couple of weeks.

I had to take giant purple antibiotic pills in the hospital it went down fine. When I got home I tried breaking them in half and they got stuck in my throat and it wasn’t easy to gulp enough to get them down, after that I just took them whole and had no more problems.

Dr had me taking oral meds in the hospital. He also had me start full size vitamins on day 1 at home. I was freaked out by the thought, but it all worked well.

Good information. I have a chronic health condition that requires 14 pills per day. I need to ask about this ahead of time.

Echo

On 10/31/2020 at 3:43 PM, EchoVa122 said:

Good information. I have a chronic health condition that requires 14 pills per day. I need to ask about this ahead of time.

Echo

Yeah I would, I also take a handful everyday and like I mentioned in a earlier post my Dr. was very admit that I crush my pills for the first three months. They even gave me two pill crushers. It was a total drag but I got through it. When I posted on here about it not many people said that was in their instructions. I don't know, I just followed their instructions.

Today is my first full day home. I am crushing pills as I go. I am just trying to get the hang of enough water and enough protein shake. Yikes! It is going to take me two weeks to figure this out.