Pills Not Digesting.....

What kind of pills are they??

I had this problem with asacol, but my doctor also told me that a lot of patients had difficulty in fully digesting the shell so that's why I was asking which kind.
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Just an idea, can you crush them and put them in some pudding or something? Maybe they'll digest better that way.

Right now I'm having a very stressful time, and like most of us, that means more bathroom trips. When that happens, I notice whole pills in the toilet, or so I thought. Not to be gross, but one day, I fished one out with a skewer. It looked whole, but really it was just the shell. It was hollow. So things are going through me really fast, but I must be absorbing some of it, just not processing all of it. Could the same thing be happening to you? But then again, if you aren't getting the medicine you need, then maybe you do need to switch over to liquids for a bit. No point in flushing good money down the drain, literally. Plus you can't get better if you aren't getting your medicine.

Mine are tablets too, but they actually have shells to them when they come out. Go figure. That was why I thought that I wasn't digesting them. They looked whole, but when I pierced it with a skewer, it was hollow. All the medicine was gone, just the shell remained. Still something that if it continues you might want to talk to your doctor about. I know that when it starts happening to me, its just my body telling me I'm under too much stress and things are moving TOO fast. I take some immodium to slow things down, if I can I limit the stress (Not possible this time) and try to rest. But seriously, call your doctor if it continues. Any change is worth a phone call if it is concerning to you, that is why they make the big bucks!

How quickly are you ingesting the pills and then having them come out in partial pieces? Are they coming out "north" or "south"? (vomitting or excrementing?)
Heidi

I know... I never used to look until I started getting sick & losing weight like mad. The doctors started asking me constantly, so I started looking...

It's in my poo. I did have some come up in the vomit, too, the other day, but that was cuz it wasn't long after I took one, I thought. I am on quite a bit of pills right now, so I don't know how quickly it is happening. I have to take carafate before every meal & at bedtime, then the pain pills, then the headache pills, so there are quite a few & they are all white so too hard to decipher how long it is taking.

I just kinda wonder if I should worry.... or if anyone else has had this problem. It just seems like the last time I was really sick last winter this happened then as well. The weight was dropping off me like water after a shower.... hope it's not a clue of things to come. I am at my limit with this crap. Exhausted is a good word.