Presciptions

tpaq1972
on 10/31/15 6:46 am - Canada

So I had surgery Monday, got home late Wed. night and last night I went in to get my prescriptions and found out that the previcid was a capsule and the colace is a big red ball. I thought we were only allowed small pills? anyone else have this problem? I can not talk to the doctors now until Monday.

peacebypiece
on 10/31/15 8:01 am

Did you talk to the pharmacist and let him know of your recent surgery? She/he may be able to change them to liquid form without doctors order...just a thought

tpaq1972
on 10/31/15 8:31 am - Canada

Yes, I did talk to them and they could change the prevacid to a melt away but only with a new prescription and the the stool softener they might be able to get in a liquid form. My fault for not getting it done on Thursday but I never would have thought a simple prescription would be a pain.

HKT53
on 10/31/15 10:34 am - Toronto, Canada

Are there repeats on your prescription? I also had my dumb pharmacist say I needed new prescription because my first fill did not have repeats on it. I talk to nutritionist and surgeon and they assured me that my prescription was to be repeated for something like 6 months. When I got the fast tabs, I asked to pharmacist to confirm and sure enough - I had repeats on and didnt matter that I changed from capsules to fast tabs. Only saying this because I got the run around for no reason at all. You gotta challenge these pharmacists. In fact, my surgeon said the 6 month repeats on previcid is just a standard arbitary number used with surgeons in general. I realize Im from a different hospital but you could just call your surgeon's office, the receptionist could clarify for you if you do not want to challenge the pharmacist.

Referral - Feb/14, Orientation HRRH - September/14, Surgeon appt. & gastroscopy Dr. Hagen - October/14, Trio appts. - April/15, Dr. Glazer - April/15, Revision RNY - July 10, 2015

HKT53
on 10/31/15 9:06 am - Toronto, Canada

Ask the pharmacist for previcid FASTTABS - they melt under the tongue. I know what you mean, when I got my prescription at first, my pharmacist did not have stock of the fast tabs and I had to have the capsules. What I did for the first of my repeats is I opened the capsule and put it on applesauce on a spoon. After that I made sure I had the fast tabs. I never had the colace...find out if it comes in liquid.

Happy Holloween and wish you fast recovery.

Referral - Feb/14, Orientation HRRH - September/14, Surgeon appt. & gastroscopy Dr. Hagen - October/14, Trio appts. - April/15, Dr. Glazer - April/15, Revision RNY - July 10, 2015

B-Trix123
on 10/31/15 11:21 am - Toronto, Canada

I was given a generic version of Pervacid by my pharmacist at Queen's Quay Loblaws (Rod is a great guy) http://www.sandoz.ca/cs/groups/public/@sge_ca/documents/docu ment/n_prod_1392020.pdf I told him about my surgery and asked how big the pills were - he opened the bottle and showed me these very small pills that I have no trouble getting down.

Colace a big red ball? You can buy generic stool softener over the counter -- I don't have an insurance plan so do this to avoid dispensing fee. It is exactly the same as Colace - pharmacist told me. Sometimes they stick in my throat and burst - gag - awful taste. If constipation becomes an issue -- you may want to try a senna laxative that includes softener. Loblaws "Exact" brand are pills that you can cut in half.

pegawatt
on 10/31/15 1:31 pm - Canada

After I had my surgery at TEH my male nurse said to start taking tabs or caps it would help in the long run and it did

tpaq1972
on 11/1/15 6:01 am - Canada

Thanks everyone.

I just got what I was prescribed. I will open the capsules this month and see about the melt away ones for next month. As for the stool softeners I did get the over the counter kind (cheaper) and will hope they go down ok. I have an appointment on Tuesday so I will talk to them about it them.

Otherwise everything seems ok. I started having some chicken broth the other night and after 3 weeks of opti and then a few days from surgery it REALLY tasted good! lol

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