Can you take pills?

The reason I ask is I was at the surgeons yesterday (read previous post) I forgot to ask him if I could atleast take my synthroid orally without breaking it up taking this very important pill has become a HUGE issue with me... OF COURSE I will call Dr. Fred before I do anything but i am curious as to what your surgeon has said, I have read a few say that their surgeon says that they can take pills So if you do what are you taking and is it a capsule or a pill? I think it will be interesting to see what our different surgeons say. After I talk to mine I will let you know what he says. Debby 308/258/155 RNY 12/14/2004

I can take pills. The nurse at my surgeon's office was surprised when I told her at 6 wks I was still opening my prevacid to take it. She said if I was able to tolerate solids, a pill would be fine. Stef

Stef are you still taking it... I was taking 2 a day plus 2 reglan a day, and various other pills they prescribed for a total of 16 pills for my stomach per day, I was sent to Barnes Jewish for a study, they even wrote my case up in the AMA journals.. LOL Well 6 weeks out I take nothing for my stomach I hardly ever have heartburn anymore.!!! I am down from 17 pills a day to ONE! which I will have to take the rest of my life since i have thyroid disease although my family doc says that my weight could have caused the thyroid problems and It could reverse itself... Anyway just wanted to share!! and thanks for the response.. Debby

I wasn't on prevacid pre-op.. this is part of my surgeon's aftercare regimen. I only had to be on it for two months.. of course I stopped when I wasn't having trouble.. but I have the 2nd refill available if something comes up. I'm about 1/2 way through my second of three fills. Stef

Debby, My doctor said I can take any pills that will fit through the stoma. In my case, that's everything but my calcium, so I've started on Rolaids for that. My neurontin is a capsule, and he said that when you look at it head on, it's smaller than and M&M, which I hadn't realized. Terry

Debby, I started taking my pills w/o crushing when i saw my dr. at 7wks. I take 3 pills and Actigal capsul which my dr. has me on for 6 months 2 a day. He basically siad the same thing as Stephs dr. as long as it not a horse pill. I still do the chewable daily vitamen. Giovanna 250/205/130

Question??? Not on the loosing side yet but will be good to know. In my seminar, they said pills would have to be crushed because of malabsorbsion reasons. Is this to be true forever or just for a while after surgery Shelley

Debby, For about a month after my surgery, I put my levoxyl (same as synthroid) in a little water and it dissolved instantly. After that, I started just swallowing it. And at 2 months, I started swallowing vitamins (hated chewables). Just check to make sure the vitamins will dissolve in water in a short period of time. We have significantly less acid in our stomachs now, so plain water is a good test. If it doesn't dissolve in water within 1/2 hour, don't take it. Otherwise, you'll just have expensive poop. Anything you can get in gelatin capsules are OK to take. My dry E, calcium citrate, and Bcomplex/C are all in gelatin capsules (from vitalady.com). Good luck! Deb -186