Medications

[debbie09 0]

Can you take Ambien with the lap band? I forgot to ask my doctor.

[RestlessMonkey 7]

I can't imagine why you couldn't. Not the extended release ones (if there are? Multi layered or something) because once you're filled they can just sit in your band, unless they are very small. Ask your doc to be sure, of course, but I've never heard they were forbidden.

[jms462001 9]

I can't imagine why you couldn't. Not the extended release ones (if there are? Multi layered or something) because once you're filled they can just sit in your band, unless they are very small. Ask your doc to be sure, of course, but I've never heard they were forbidden.

Are we not supposed to take any kind of extended release meds?

[RestlessMonkey 7]

Are we not supposed to take any kind of extended release meds?

If you think about it, it makes sense ... once we have restriction, rather than moving on through our digestive tracts, meds just sit in the pouch for a good while. My surgeon said regular meds almost effectively become extended release.

This same action, of sitting in the pouch for a while, is the very reason nsaids are so dangerous!

Best to check with YOUR surgeon; mine says no extended release!