Question:
How can I get my meds in?

I have some meds that I still need to take. My Dr. said that I could crush them...Well, I've tried and tried to add to pudding and applesauce. I gag and just want to throw up! Only three days out....I hope this nausea will disappear..any little amount of food or drink...yuck! Everything tastes awful!    — nanabanana11 (posted on March 17, 2011)

March 17, 2011
I have one med that I have to crush and I agree, no matter how I take it the bitterness is awful. I believe the one I take comes in liquid form and I might check into with my Primary care doctor when I see him next week. I put mine in about an ounce of water, plug my nose and down it. Wish it was more pleasant.
   — katheek

March 17, 2011
Not sure which surgery u had but I had the Duodenal Switch 4 days ago and I have been braking my pills in half and just swallowing them. With out any problem. They gave me crushed meds at the hospital but I would gag so nasty! Good luck!
   — Frostbite25

March 18, 2011
Hi, I know exactly what your going through, I am a month and half post op....I went through a stage in which I could not take, smell, taste anything without gagging, driheaving, and throwing up...so I feel for you.....IT WILL GO AWAY just give it time....ok now on to the meds.....NO MATTER HOW BAD THINGS TASTE YOU HAVE TO, YOU MUST TAKE IN YOUR VITAMINS AND MEDS....your body NEEDS THEM now MORE THAN BEFORE....your liquid CALCIUM CITRATE, (1 tbsp) in the morning before you sip your water or your gatoraid G2, your MULTIVITAMINS should be gummies instead of the regular chewables the gummies are wayyy easier for you right now(take 2 and chew them well before you swallow them), B12 SUBLINGUAL(LIQUID DROPS FOR UNDER THE TOUNGUE) PEANUT BUTTER WILL BE YOUR BEST FRIEND...keep a jar on your night stand (put a popscicle stick in the jar) it will come in handy...lol REMEMBER!!!!! YOU CAN NOT TAKE THEIS VITAMINS TOGETHER....YOU NEED TO WAIT AN HOUR IN BETWEEN EACH OF THEM(Take one of them then wait an hour then take the other, then wait another hour and then take the last one) at night before you go down for the night take your second dose of CALCIUM CITRATE(1 tbsp) the capsule you have to take with yogurt...does unfortunately taste gross..try mixing it in sugar free banana jello pudding(stop and shop sells all different flavors and they are sugar free) it says it right in front of the box...use fat free milk to make....stop & shop also sells the sugar free popscicles your going to need these....also Try to get your protein in. as much as you can...hang in there...its going to be hell but you can do it...remember mind over matter....If you cant drink water(I could not drink water even if they paid me), it tasted absolutely discusting to be...so I CRUSHED ICE IN THE BLENDER AND GOT MY INTAKE IN...IT WORKS...you are in a volital stage right now and you can dehidrate very quickly,THAT IS NOT GOOD AT ALL....YOU CAN END UP IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM......if you cant drink anything unless its ice cold, then freeze it.....and put it in the blender take it in like that......sip or eat the crushed ice it will help out sooo much.....idont hesitate to call your surgeon if you dont feel well....f you want to text me or email me plz feel [email protected](my email ) 1-508-762-7779(my text #) again Good luck....
   — Jovanna P.

March 18, 2011
Hi, I know exactly what your going through, I am a month and half post op....I went through a stage in which I could not take, smell, taste anything without gagging, driheaving, and throwing up...so I feel for you.....IT WILL GO AWAY just give it time....ok now on to the meds.....NO MATTER HOW BAD THINGS TASTE YOU HAVE TO, YOU MUST TAKE IN YOUR VITAMINS AND MEDS....your body NEEDS THEM now MORE THAN BEFORE....your liquid CALCIUM CITRATE, (1 tbsp) in the morning before you sip your water or your gatoraid G2, your MULTIVITAMINS should be gummies instead of the regular chewables the gummies are wayyy easier for you right now(take 2 and chew them well before you swallow them), B12 SUBLINGUAL(LIQUID DROPS FOR UNDER THE TOUNGUE) PEANUT BUTTER WILL BE YOUR BEST FRIEND...keep a jar on your night stand (put a popscicle stick in the jar) it will come in handy...lol REMEMBER!!!!! YOU CAN NOT TAKE THEIS VITAMINS TOGETHER....YOU NEED TO WAIT AN HOUR IN BETWEEN EACH OF THEM(Take one of them then wait an hour then take the other, then wait another hour and then take the last one) at night before you go down for the night take your second dose of CALCIUM CITRATE(1 tbsp) the capsule you have to take with yogurt...does unfortunately taste gross..try mixing it in sugar free banana jello pudding(stop and shop sells all different flavors and they are sugar free) it says it right in front of the box...use fat free milk to make....stop & shop also sells the sugar free popscicles your going to need these....also Try to get your protein in. as much as you can...hang in there...its going to be hell but you can do it...remember mind over matter....If you cant drink water(I could not drink water even if they paid me), it tasted absolutely discusting to be...so I CRUSHED ICE IN THE BLENDER AND GOT MY INTAKE IN...IT WORKS...you are in a volital stage right now and you can dehidrate very quickly,THAT IS NOT GOOD AT ALL....YOU CAN END UP IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM......if you cant drink anything unless its ice cold, then freeze it.....and put it in the blender take it in like that......sip or eat the crushed ice it will help out sooo much.....idont hesitate to call your surgeon if you dont feel well....f you want to text me or email me plz feel [email protected](my email ) 1-508-762-7779(my text #) again Good luck....
   — Jovanna P.

March 18, 2011
Before I was able to swallow a capsule, I used a pill crusher to turn my meds into a very find powder and added them to my protein shake. Didn't notice a medicine taste at all.
   — Elizabeth T.

March 22, 2011
There's a reason why your Dr wants you to crush your pills, you had major surgery and they do not want you to perforate your pouch or any other parts of the surgery. I bought a Pilon - Mortar and Pestle, and I crushed those damn vitamins daily and I cried daily but I did it the same. I had to do this for 4 months, man when that forth month came along I was doing the Italian jig! I feel so bad for all you newbies out there, it is hell but it does get better, it took me close to 15 months to feel sort of normal. I still do not eat a lot of foods, but I am so happy I could cry. Hang in there my weight loss brothers and sisters, follow the advice of your Doctors and things will improve. BTW, my Dr. told me not to take calcium citrate with iron, I must wait two hours.
   — FSUMom