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I have developed a problem swallowing pills. Even just two asprins. I always have to eat something after I swallow pills to "push" them on down. Anyone else have this problem. How do you cope with it. Does it get worse?
I've had this problem my whole life. I usually put a whole lot of water in my mouth and throw my head back, then swallow. I only take one pill at a time and when it's big, I cut it in half. It also helps to place the pill all the way in the back of your mouth.
I'm with MommyV on this. I hate taking pills, I have a really hard time taking more than one at a time, anything bigger than say a Motrin or Tylenol. You really do just have to toss the pills in, take a giant gulp of water, swish around and swallow. It will be very easy. I had been taking vitamins and instead of breaking them up throughout the day, I'd just swallow the lot of them and that got real old, real quick.
Cut a small piece of banana and bury the pill in there. It is easier to swallow the banana since it's mushy and soft. Just try not to get too big of a piece or you may choke. The banana trick is also good if you have accidentally swallowed a fish bone. Provided it is not stuck in throat tissue, a banana carries it down to your stomach!
Would juice or something tasty opposed to water help?
Sometimes, when I'm into the vitamins, I get tired of swallowing them also, and find they go down a lot easier with orange juice or a smoothie or something.
If you don't mind the taste of flax seed oil, quite good actually and good for you, helps if you take a spoonful of that first .. coats your throat and the pills tend to slide down better.
Sometimes, I try to brainwash myself into thinking there's nothing in my mouth and drink like I usually do, but that's easier said than done. Also, I never buy any over-the counter pills that aren't coated and the Advil brand actually tastes a bit sweet, so that helps.
Last Friday, I had to go for a screening colonoscopy. Anybody that had to go through this knows that not only are they going to starve you, you have to take purging meds to clean you out so nothing in there can me misinterpreted as a polyp. Well, the night before the procedure, I had to take 4 tablets of these huge horsepills, non-coated, with 8 oz of water EVERY 15 minutes, starting at 6 pm. So 4 at 6, another 4 at 6:15, and so forth until 7. That's 20 pills altogether. Next day, the rest of the 12 started at 6 am! Talk about water boarding!!!! I just had to concentrate, shove the pill as far back in my throat without gagging, and take large gulps. But man oh man, you get so full of water, that just the thought you'd have to do it again in 15 minutes is just well...TORTURE!
I couldn't do the banana trick with this one since I was off solids since noon of Thursday!
Last Friday, I had to go for a screening colonoscopy. Anybody that had to go through this knows that not only are they going to starve you, you have to take purging meds to clean you out so nothing in there can me misinterpreted as a polyp. Well, the night before the procedure, I had to take 4 tablets of these huge horsepills, non-coated, with 8 oz of water EVERY 15 minutes, starting at 6 pm. So 4 at 6, another 4 at 6:15, and so forth until 7. That's 20 pills altogether. Next day, the rest of the 12 started at 6 am! Talk about water boarding!!!! I just had to concentrate, shove the pill as far back in my throat without gagging, and take large gulps. But man oh man, you get so full of water, that just the thought you'd have to do it again in 15 minutes is just well...TORTURE!
I couldn't do the banana trick with this one since I was off solids since noon of Thursday!
Sorry you had to go through all that. I hope the results of the test was good.
Last Friday, I had to go for a screening colonoscopy. Anybody that had to go through this knows that not only are they going to starve you, you have to take purging meds to clean you out so nothing in there can me misinterpreted as a polyp. Well, the night before the procedure, I had to take 4 tablets of these huge horsepills, non-coated, with 8 oz of water EVERY 15 minutes, starting at 6 pm. So 4 at 6, another 4 at 6:15, and so forth until 7. That's 20 pills altogether. Next day, the rest of the 12 started at 6 am! Talk about water boarding!!!! I just had to concentrate, shove the pill as far back in my throat without gagging, and take large gulps. But man oh man, you get so full of water, that just the thought you'd have to do it again in 15 minutes is just well...TORTURE!
I couldn't do the banana trick with this one since I was off solids since noon of Thursday!
Well we won't be using you as a mule for transporting drugs then, lol.
Have you seen that movie .. Maria Full of Grace? Just watching that makes one gag.
The mules have to swallow condoms full of coke or heroin, and lots of them, one after the other .. and if you think those pills of yours were huge, you should see the size of these condoms they have to swallow.
Drink something first until you feel your entire throat get wet. You are suppose to drink a full glass of water with those pills...But yeh..I get ones stuck sometimes and run for a cracker or something to push it down. I melted a pill in my mouth by drinking something warm once. The taste made me almost throw up. I was very anti-pill after that for awhile....lol...I got over it and found alternatives too.
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