Any input would be great. I'm getting different opinions within my surgeon's office on when to stop crushing my meds. The nurse said ,oh give it a couple of weeks,the Dietician is saying wait 6 to 7 more weeks. I don't get it.

How can it be that I can eat things like scrambled eggs but not take a tiny pill whole ?

Can you guys let me know what you were advised ? Thanks :whatchutalkingabout !

My nurse insists that it's okay for me to take my meds, without crushing any of them. Even the day after surgery. I was SO scared, cause a couple are fairly big. I guess one is the size of an M&M and the other two are big capsules. We went over and over it. I MAY have been getting on her nerves a little bit.

I also checked with my pharmacist before the surgery. She said that it may be possible to have some compounded at a special pharmacy. I guess I don't have to go through that, since the nurse really thinks I'll be okay. I'm not totally convinced. How come I can swallow these big pills, but I can't have mashed potatoes??? I saw my shrink the other day and just asked her to prescribe the smallest pill size possible, so that I didn't have to worry about them getting stuck. I'll be popping little pills all day. Hopefully it'll be okay.

I can't wait for some idiot to say something about WLS being the "easy" way out. :tongue2:

Hi Ginny! I'm right there with you on that. I've heard people make those comments even before I had WLS however they didn't know I wasn't having the surgery lol. It's definately not the easy way out. I work harder now than I ever have but i'm so glad I did it :blushing: !!

I decided with the pills (starting yesterday) that I would just take them UNCRUSHED. I've had no problems with it so far. I'll never forget ,the very first day that I crushed my Effexor meds (the generic) ,I felt so nauseous and on edge. I hated it. Never again lol.

Thanks for your reply :sleep2: !!

I did liquids for a couple of weeks (I only do some over the counter stuff). As soon asw I was full diet, I quit the liquids, and have had no problems with pills (Tylenol, benedryl, etc).

Hi Steve,

I finally just decided that yesterday I would start taking them normally. I've had no problems ,so far.

I am allowed to take pills that are no bigger than an M&M - and they started me on them while I was in the hospital!

I am allowed to take pills that are no bigger than an M&M - and they started me on them while I was in the hospital!

I'm OFFICIALLY free from crushing my meds!!! YAY!! I just got back from talking with the Doctor's office.

I had an issue with Prilosec, I took it for my heartburn and because it was time release, of course I did not crush. I ended up with an ulcer on my esophagus because it was apparently just sitting in my pouch causing erosion (i.e. not going down the chute, so to speak). So, I would caution those taking certain meds that might cause erosion.

It sucks, because I was taking the prilosec to help my acid reflux but actually made it worse:(

I was told I could swallow my thyroid pill whole, but I had to take chewable vitamins. If needed, I could take liquid Tyleno for pain relief. :thumbup:

I'm OFFICIALLY free from crushing my meds!!! YAY!! I just got back from talking with the Doctor's office.

YAY!!! Congratulations!

This is really my only complaint so far and I'm six days post -op. I asked about my meds and was told they would prescribe them in liquids. After surgery, was sent home with instructions to crush all of them. The Wellbutrin tasted so bad, I almost gagged. I called the doctor's office to ask if they could call in a liquid version. They said yes, but didn't call me back. I called the pharmacy, who stated that they don't have a liquid form of wellbutrin. I kept crushing them. Then my mom pointed out that is says "don't crush" on the bottle. I called the doctor's office back and they said, oh don't crush the Wellbutrin if it's SR (after three days of crushing). They told me I could try and take it but it might get stuck. I've been taking them ever since with no problems.... I was scared too, but it went down fine.

im very glad to here all off that i was banded in sept and i stopped taking my meds bc my doc said i had to crush them!!!!!