I was just banded on the 6th of June and know my doctor is stating that all of my pills taken before hand must be crushed. Well I am on birth contol pills for period assistance. Does anyone know the effect of crushing birth control pills??? Do they remain effective?? The reason why I am asking is 2 fold - 1) Since my surgery, I have begin spotting very light, but am not scheduled to begin my period for a few weeks. Does that have to do with the crushing or just because of the surgery??? and 2) I went throught ferility issues and was told I had policystic ovaries - I know with the drastic weight loss, there is a possibility that I could get pregant!! I would love that thought, but I would like that to happen after a year or maybe 2. One hurdle at a time, and right now - my goal is to get to my goal weight....

Any answers would be greatly appreciated,

Jessica:eek:

I was just banded on the 6th of June and know my doctor is stating that all of my pills taken before hand must be crushed. Well I am on birth contol pills for period assistance. Does anyone know the effect of crushing birth control pills??? Do they remain effective?? The reason why I am asking is 2 fold - 1) Since my surgery, I have begin spotting very light, but am not scheduled to begin my period for a few weeks. Does that have to do with the crushing or just because of the surgery??? and 2) I went throught ferility issues and was told I had policystic ovaries - I know with the drastic weight loss, there is a possibility that I could get pregant!! I would love that thought, but I would like that to happen after a year or maybe 2. One hurdle at a time, and right now - my goal is to get to my goal weight....

Any answers would be greatly appreciated,

Jessica:eek:

I am on orthocyclen and crushed my pills until I got onto mushie foods and I didn't have any problems. I would call your primary care physician OR your local planned parenthood. They would both be able to assist you.

Any pharmacist could answer the crushing question :thumbup: Good Luck.

Should be no problem in crushing the pills. Usually only extended release pills can't be crushed.

I was told that it was not an extended release pill like many of you stated. However, why would I be starting my cycle again? That does not make any sense.... I am not scheduled to start until the end of the month.. Since this is my first surgery, think that it could be the trama that my body went through???

Jess

My doctor had instructed me not to take my birth control 6 weeks before and 6 weeks after. You should probably call your doctor to double check.

I was told that it was not an extended release pill like many of you stated. However, why would I be starting my cycle again? That does not make any sense.... I am not scheduled to start until the end of the month.. Since this is my first surgery, think that it could be the trama that my body went through???

Jess

It can be caused from stress of the surgery. I know that a lot of people who had plastic surgery had issues with hormone levels going crazy. You may just want to take extra precautions.

i have trouble swallowing pills in the first place with extended release pills sometimes i just open them up

yes I know it could make them not last as long but sometimes it's a must.

I was just banded on the 6th of June and know my doctor is stating that all of my pills taken before hand must be crushed. Well I am on birth contol pills for period assistance. Does anyone know the effect of crushing birth control pills??? Do they remain effective?? The reason why I am asking is 2 fold - 1) Since my surgery, I have begin spotting very light, but am not scheduled to begin my period for a few weeks. Does that have to do with the crushing or just because of the surgery??? and 2) I went throught ferility issues and was told I had policystic ovaries - I know with the drastic weight loss, there is a possibility that I could get pregant!! I would love that thought, but I would like that to happen after a year or maybe 2. One hurdle at a time, and right now - my goal is to get to my goal weight....

Any answers would be greatly appreciated,

Jessica:eek:

I am all for listening to what your doctors say... My doctor never made me quit my pills (For period issues) nor did I have to crush them and all went well.

Estrogen is stored in adipose tissue - if you've lost a large amount of weight already, this could have something to do with a whacky cycle. I'd definitely use a different form of BC (like condoms perhaps), and contact your doctor just to be sure things are ok.

I am also on bc pills. About a week after surgery, same thing happened. I was afraid my pills were ineffective and was beginning a panic. I asked the nurse and she said it was from the trauma of sugery. Since then, I have no problems!

i too am on the orthrotricyclen (tri nessa). i took those uncrushed from day one. my doc said they were small enough that i didn't need to worry. good luck.

I am all for listening to what your doctors say... My doctor never made me quit my pills (For period issues) nor did I have to crush them and all went well.

Indeed, just check with YOUR doctor and follow their advice, they are the one that knows you.

I had to start taking the birth control pill ON THE DAY of my surgery, with the first Water I drank after I came out from anaesthesia. Doctor's orders. So just listen to your doc, they know best!

My surgeon had me stop taking my birth control pill 4 weeks before my surgery as well. I ended up getting a period two weeks after my last one and my GYN told me it was because I had abruptly stopped my pills. I am waiting to start them again when I get my next period. I have no trouble swallowing my pills since they are so small.

I take Yaz and my doc said there was no problem continuing to take them before or after surgery. And I was instructed to swallow my pills whole after surgery just like before. That may change after I start getting fills, but my BC pill is so small I can't even tell I'm swallowing anything anyway.

You can take anything the size of an M&M. Your birth control pills should be fine.