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09-24-2006, 07:32 PM | #1 | ||
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i find it hard to swallow some pils
anyone know some ways?
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09-24-2006, 07:39 PM | #2 | |||
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hi Clouds z
i have been told that it is easiest when you have the liquid that you are using to swallow the pill with out of a straw rather than straight out of the glass. that is how many parents get their young kids to take their supplements HTH |
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09-24-2006, 07:40 PM | #3 | ||
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09-24-2006, 08:25 PM | #4 | ||
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thanks -i tried making mouth narrow and taking deep breath-seemed to work fast
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09-24-2006, 09:29 PM | #5 | |||
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I've always had problems with the big pills, too, so here's what I do:
First I put the pill all the way on the back of my tongue. Then I tilt my head back at a forty-five degree angle, and take a REALLY big gulp of water to wash it down. It works for me. Most of the time I don't even feel the pill going down anymore. |
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09-24-2006, 11:39 PM | #6 | ||
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If the pill bottle doesn't say anything against crushing the pill, do so and add it into some pudding, yogurt, applesauce.... whatever.
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09-25-2006, 02:43 AM | #7 | |||
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I have a bite of banana and chew it up BUT I don't swallow it until I've added the pill to my mouthful of banana and then I swallow it all together and I don't even notice the pill. (I also do this with chewing other food but banana works very well.)
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09-25-2006, 08:00 AM | #8 | ||
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AND myself! Margerine! Coat the pill in it and w/liquid slosh it down.
On the other hand...I always ask for 'samples' first...that way I can SEE the thing. IF too big, I go, OH! NO, NO, NO! I do not, cannot DO big pills! - My result reaction is, well, projectile vomiting...Docs after that comment try to oblige. Good luck! - j |
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09-26-2006, 05:13 PM | #9 | |||
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I use Jello. I make little cubes, stick the pill in there and swallow them whole. I also will use thick drinks, like smoothies and such. It keeps the pill from 'sticking' - I have issues with them sticking to my tongue then I gag
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09-26-2006, 07:50 PM | #10 | ||
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What I do is have a normal drink of water.
Then fill my mouth full of a big gulp of water, stuff the pill in and swallow everything. I've discovered that part of the reason that I have trouble swallowing any pill is because my mouth is too dry. Barb |
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