Medications after sleeve

Cheriebabie
on 1/25/15 2:29 am

How long after Sleeve surgery can you resume taking your meds by mouth without crushing them. All my meds are ER so crushing is not recommended. I cant afford to replace them all when I have meds & its too early for refills

VSG surgery date (12/08/14) 5'3" Female age 55 - 255 (HW) 247 (start wt) 234 (PreOp) 186 (CW)

moisme2412
on 1/25/15 3:09 am - NJ

I was able to take pills without crushing them the day after surgery.

Y D.
on 1/25/15 4:03 am

VSG on 01/19/15 with

Me too :)

hollykim
on 1/25/15 6:22 am - Nashville, TN

Revision on 03/18/15

On January 25, 2015 at 10:29 AM Pacific Time, Cheriebabie wrote:

How long after Sleeve surgery can you resume taking your meds by mouth without crushing them. All my meds are ER so crushing is not recommended. I cant afford to replace them all when I have meds & its too early for refills

I started right after passing my leak test. I won't crush them.

Gwen M.
on 1/25/15 7:01 am

VSG on 03/13/14

I resumed regular pills once I got home from the hospital.

VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)

Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170

TrendWeight | Food Blog (sort of functional) | Journal (down for maintenance)

Cicerogirl, The PhD
Version
on 1/25/15 11:53 am - OH

RNY on 08/27/07

All of the surgeons where I work part-time allow VSGers to have pills again even while in the hospital. Since you have your natural pyloric valve instead of an artificial stoma like RNYers, there really isn't an issue with swelling as there is with RNY.

FWIW, they also don't EVER require crushing for RNYers. Just avoiding or cutting in half pills larger than an M&MS for the first two weeks.

Lora

14 years out; 190 pounds lost, 165 pound loss maintained

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.