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Originally Posted by MiladyB
An, I never took any contraceptives after surgery so I'm not sure. It seems like I may have heard something about the possibility of them not being as effective but don't quote me on that. I'm also not sure if you lose something by crushing them. As far as I know they are ok to crush but a pharmacist would be able to tell you if they were safe to crush and if they were considered slow release.
I know all of the slow release meds that I have ever dealt with were in capsule form and birth control pills usually aren't in capsule form, at least the ones I have seen. So my best educated guess is that it would be fine to crush them and I don't see a problem with using them after surgery.
BUT you really should discuss it with your surgeon to see what he has to say.
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Thanks - my boyfriend is a pharmacist and he even wasnt sure about it. He did some research this weekend and it seems it will be fine to crush them. They work slightly differently to slow release in that it stays in your blood stream for a certain time before being metabolised, so crushing them wont affect their efficiency - thank goodness.
But to be sure I will check with surgeon too.
And as far as the NSAIDS go - I would be careful with ANY form - whether pill or IV or anything. I'm extremely intolerant to them as is and had my worst reaction ever to NSAIDS in suppository form - which also bypasses the stomach absorption obviously - I had a stomach ulcer once from this so just because it isnt going into your stomach doesnt mean it's not going to affect your stomach!