Originally Posted by MysteryMachine

Hello: I'm three months out from my RNY surgery and have lost 90 pounds. Things were going well until I started having pain in my lower abdomen. When I went to the emergency room they realized I had a kidney stone. Even though I told them I COULD NOT take pills, they sent me home with pain pills and an antibiotic (big, hard pill.) Anyway, I just about threw up everytime I had to crush one of those pills and I worried and worried that my pouch would be irritated somehow.

Three weeks later the pain became unbearable and I had kidney stone surgery. This time I was prepared and insisted that I receive NO pills, period. They sent me home with liquid meds, alright. I got a bottle of antibiotic that is pink and is chock full of sugar and sweeteners. The pain medication is simple cough syrup (acetamenephin/codeine) and is also like drinking a cup of cotton candy. I am SO sick physically from the sugar in these meds that I called the doctor and he said I had no alternatives except to go back into the hospital and be hooked up to an IV again.

I cannot believe that in this day and age and with all the information there is about Gastric Bypass surgeries being done everywhere that we are still left with no alternatives but liquid sugar or pills for our medicinal needs. Anybody care to address this?

P.S. I have several people at work who have told me that they were given liquid pain medicine that was strong and was not sweet, but even my pharmacist says that no such current medicine exists.