ButterflyWings
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Do i need my medication to be in liquids ready for the op?
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top_kat
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Welcome to the boards and posting 
This is something you need to check with your provider as some meds may not be available in liquid form. One of mine isn't and its also not able to be crushed as it has a special coating on it - check with them or your GP. They will give you soluble painkillers (for some its like a co-codamol or paracetemol) and for vitamins get yourself some chewable ones or dissolvable ones - but certainly check with your provider and GP
This is something you need to check with your provider as some meds may not be available in liquid form. One of mine isn't and its also not able to be crushed as it has a special coating on it - check with them or your GP. They will give you soluble painkillers (for some its like a co-codamol or paracetemol) and for vitamins get yourself some chewable ones or dissolvable ones - but certainly check with your provider and GP
ButterflyWings
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thanks kat i will phone my provider
Hi
I had a bypass and did not need any of my medication changed to liquids, and I was on about 12 different things. The only things I had trouble taking was things in capsules, and they where changed for tablet versions. Mind you after about 6 weeks I was able to take Forceval multivitamins and they are huge capsules. Some tablets can be crushed and some capsules can be opened but not all so check before you open or crush them, slow and timed release cannot be crushed or opened.
One word of warning if you do, the old saying of its has to taste bad to be doing any good is so true with crushed or opened medication, so be prepared to mix the contents with something to mask the horrible taste.
Get recommendations from your team as not all GP's know or understand what's needed post surgery.
Paul
I had a bypass and did not need any of my medication changed to liquids, and I was on about 12 different things. The only things I had trouble taking was things in capsules, and they where changed for tablet versions. Mind you after about 6 weeks I was able to take Forceval multivitamins and they are huge capsules. Some tablets can be crushed and some capsules can be opened but not all so check before you open or crush them, slow and timed release cannot be crushed or opened.
One word of warning if you do, the old saying of its has to taste bad to be doing any good is so true with crushed or opened medication, so be prepared to mix the contents with something to mask the horrible taste.
Get recommendations from your team as not all GP's know or understand what's needed post surgery.
Paul
Paula Garner
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That's right Kimboski. If they have an enteric coating (a shiny look to them) or are in capsule form, they should not be crushed or the capsule opened and content removed. The tablets are designed to work and release their active ingredients in your stomach or digestive tract. If the active ingredient starts to work early or in the wrong place, the tablets will not work or work effectively as they should. They can also cause unwanted side effects.
Kimboski
Member
I thought it was something like that, a nurse friend advised against it unless I was specifically told I could - and to ask for each and every medicine I used.
Paula Garner
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It usually states 'do not crush' or 'do not open capsule' in the advice note in the box
