delayed release tablets

kc79
on 3/25/11 11:12 am
I am 4 months post-op and my doctor has perscribed me Nexium delayed release,  will my stomach absorb delayed release fully? Thank you
mittenfarm
on 3/25/11 11:53 am - County Line, MI
I think the general concensus is that time release pills don't always give us bypassers the full dose, but I don't know if it has been proven. If you had RNY, it spends almost no time in your stomach and due to a shorter gut, less time there too. I recently had surgery and the surgeon gave me extended release Ultram, and I don't think it works as well as the regular does for me.
-Wanda

Highest -380  Surgery- 345     Goal- 150   Current-150     5 ft. 8 in.

Sharyn S.
on 3/25/11 12:36 pm - Bastrop, TX
RNY on 08/19/04 with
1.  Nothing is absorbed in the stomach for anyone.  All absorption occurs in the small intestine.

2.  Delayed release medications rely on one of the following mechanisms of action: ****xposure to different digestive enzymes,  or(2), time in the digestive tract.

Since the duodenum has been completely bypassed, partially digested stomach contents come in contact with a much smaller amount of digestive enzymes.  And these contents also spend less time in the digestive tract since 75-100cc have been bypassed.

So, no, delayed release medications are not effective enough for us.

Sharyn, RN

RIP, MOM ~ 5/31/1944 - 5/11/2010
RIP, DADDY ~ 9/2/1934 - 1/25/2012

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