Anxiety

I'm 1 week postop and having some anxiety issues. Is it ok to take my Xanax ?  If so can I just cut it in half or must it be crushed. It is a very small pill. 

I don't know why it wouldn't be OK but if you're not sure, you should probably call your doc and ask.  I don't know why you'd need to cru**** either, unless you have a hard time swallowing pills.  Isn't xanax a pretty small pill?

Xanax is pretty small, so even cutting it in half shouldn't be necessary (let alone crushing it)... Unless your surgeon is one who insists that all meds be crushed.  Many people take pills significantly larger than that the day after surgery.  

 

Lora

Thank you so much. I knew you would know. Merry Christmas  

My doc specifically told me I can take them if needed... Amazingly I haven't needed them. Anxiety is a real bugga-boo... I understand... You are not alone!

My surgery was December 18 also.

How are you doing? I still have gnarly left shoulder and left side pain... hiccuping and coughing (and laughing!) are miserable! Other than those, I'm doing just fine! Oh, and I have a drain - ugh. Don't get it removed until next Monday. It's driving me nuts!

My pharmacologist said to crush all my pills (which were crushable).  I take Xanax also and it was on my crush list.  (I was told to crush or take another form of all pills for 1 year.)

Karen

Why would you need to crush all pills for a year?

My surgery was done at Mayo in Jacksonville.  They have a bariatric team:  psychiatrist, registered dietician, medical bariatric MD, pharmacologist, and bariatric surgeon.  The surgeon defers to the pharmacologist and dietician when it comes to meds and what, how and when things are ingested.

I have found that Mayo is very conservative in their program.  It's fine with me.  I chose to go there, and fully intend to follow their instructions.

Karen