delayed release tablets
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
-Wanda
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.
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
