I am on antidepressants and I am about to get the lapband. I am worried about still taking my pills since they are time release I can't crush them. Anyone else on pills like that?

I am on antidepressants and I am about to get the lapband. I am worried about still taking my pills since they are time release I can't crush them. Anyone else on pills like that?

Have you talked to your psychiatrist about this? Maybe he can prescribe a non time-release AD. I'm on Effexor and it's a capsule so as far as I know i'll be able to continue taking them in Water. Another alternative is to get a pill cutter and cut the pill in smaller pieces to better be able to swallow. Talk to your shrink and your pharmacist.

I take Cymbalta. It is also time released. I was banded on the 23 of Jan and have continued to take it with no problems. It's in capsule form so I just open it up and dump the contents on my tongue and drink a sip of some sort of fluid to wash them down. No trouble. Generally I take them at the same time I take my multivitamin (Centrum) which is in liquid form. Doesn't taste to great, but getting used to it. Starting to remind of Nyquil.

Hi, I am on Wellbrtrin SR can not cut it because it will not work as it is suppose to. I was able to get in down with a sip of water. Good luck, talk to your pharamasist, they are usually good at recommending what to do.:thumbdown:

I take 5 pills a day and have found the best way to get them down is to take with my coffee in the morning. If I wait till later in the day or try to take them with water, they usually get stuck and that is a terrible feeling.

I take Celexa, no problem at all.

I actually find that taking all my Vitamins at once with a large warm tea kind of takes the place of a snack at night. Gives me something to do. Does this sound weird?

After that I put my teeth whitening stuff on my teeth and go to bed.

I take time release meds as well. as long as you don't have a problem swollowing them you will not have a problem. don't project. I have been able to swollow since right out of surgery. I think you will do fine. good luck

Hello!

I take Lexapro without any problems. Just don't take it after eating.

Bella.

I was recently put on Cymbalta. I get looser as the day goes on, so I just take mine with my dinner, no problems yet, and I've got a good restriction level.

I take several meds f0r bipolar and for atrial fibrillations, about ten pills a day. I was freaked out so I talked to my pharmacist before surgery and she made several suggestions for substitutions. However, my meds are so finally balance, I didn't want to take a risk, so I just tried swallowing them and they went down fine. The biggest one, Depakote 500, I still cut in half...but I only take 250, so I would be doing that anyway. Point it, you may want to try getting different forms in the early days, but unless they are big old horse pills you should be able to get them down.

I take Wellbutrin SR too, and since it's a time release it can't be crushed either. But my doc said I'll have to switch over to Wellbutrin XL and take it twice a day, crushed until six weeks post op, but that then I'll be able to go back to the SR. He said any pill that's smaller than an M & M should go down okay. Mmmmm......M & Ms.....

Im on Effexor XR and my doctor told me I could open the capsule and take the granules in it with water.

I take prozac and have had no problems. I've been banded a year feb 2011. I still take my prozac and calcium...just have to take them one at a time now, where i use to throw them all in and swallow. Good Luck!

I take Vyvanse for ADD and Zoloft for depression....without any problems. I don't seem to have any trouble with pills for the most part - just take them in the AM before any food.

I am on antidepressants and I am about to get the lapband. I am worried about still taking my pills since they are time release I can't crush them. Anyone else on pills like that?

Im on ones like that and I have had no problems to date, i use to take 2 at a time i have just learnt to take one at a time and gargle Water after taking them

I was recently put on Cymbalta. I get looser as the day goes on, so I just take mine with my dinner, no problems yet, and I've got a good restriction level.

How tight is your restriction? Band size?