Can You Take Vitamin Capsules with an Ileostomy?

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Hermit
Mar 06, 2022 8:59 pm

About to go from colostomy to end ileostomy! Can vitamins still be taken or do you have to only Tk powder? Also Tk gabapentin! Realize the doctors will advise! Just curious if people on this site Tks the capsules!

HenryM
Mar 06, 2022 9:56 pm

I have an ileostomy.  Years ago, I had problems passing vitamin pills.  I switched to chewables and, lately, gummies.  Same benefits, no passage risks.

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Axl
Mar 06, 2022 10:51 pm

In the weeks after first having an ileostomy all tablets went straight through me intact into the bag, I started crushing them up in a pestle, some tasted like crap but it worked fine. These days I just swallow tablets/supplements as intended with no issues.

Hermit
Mar 07, 2022 12:02 am
Reply to Axl

Tks for reply! I prefer to talk to people that have gone through this change in life! I will Tk your advise! I realize it Tks time to heal ! So many people in medical field don't even know what we're going through! Anyway, Tks!

Axl
Mar 07, 2022 3:38 am
Reply to Hermit

I should add, I tipped the crushed tablet into a glass with a small amount of water, then drank it. GP suggested this to me.

 

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