Some people who can swallow food and liquid without difficulty struggle with tablets. If you're having difficulties getting the medicine down, try one of these solutions.
Use a bottle. Fill up a plastic water or soda bottle with water. Place the pill on your tongue and firmly shut your lips around the bottle opening. Take a drink, keeping the bottle in contact with your lips and sucking to take the water and medication. Do not let air into the bottle.
Tuck your head. Place the pill on your tongue. Take a drink of water and keep it in your mouth. Lower your chin towards your chest. Swallow the tablet and water with your head bent.
Make the pill look like something else. Put it in something that can be taken without chewing, like applesauce, yogurt, or a fruit or vegetable purée.
Modify the medication. Check with your pharmacist to see whether the tablet may be ground or broken into smaller bits that can be mixed with food to make swallowing easier. (This is not an option for coated pills, time-release formulations, combination drugs, or capsules, which are designed to be eaten whole.)
Try a different format. Consult your doctor to see if the drug can be taken as a drink, a topical treatment (such as a cream or patch), or an injection.
Use a bottle. Fill up a plastic water or soda bottle with water. Place the pill on your tongue and firmly shut your lips around the bottle opening. Take a drink, keeping the bottle in contact with your lips and sucking to take the water and medication. Do not let air into the bottle.
Tuck your head. Place the pill on your tongue. Take a drink of water and keep it in your mouth. Lower your chin towards your chest. Swallow the tablet and water with your head bent.
Make the pill look like something else. Put it in something that can be taken without chewing, like applesauce, yogurt, or a fruit or vegetable purée.
Modify the medication. Check with your pharmacist to see whether the tablet may be ground or broken into smaller bits that can be mixed with food to make swallowing easier. (This is not an option for coated pills, time-release formulations, combination drugs, or capsules, which are designed to be eaten whole.)
Try a different format. Consult your doctor to see if the drug can be taken as a drink, a topical treatment (such as a cream or patch), or an injection.
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I haven't problems with tablets but is true a lot of people have, soyour tips are very helpful!!!
ReplyDeleteThese are great tips! The bottle method works for me, but I’ll try the head tuck next time. Good reminder to check with a pharmacist before crushing pills too. Thanks!
ReplyDelete...as we age this is a big problem.
ReplyDeleteI used to have a lot of problems with swallowing pills. Now, fortunately, I no longer have it. Fortunatelly because I take many pills trhree times a day!
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid to swallow large tablets. I always break them in half.
ReplyDeleteMelody, I salute you and I wish you a good, beautiful weekend!
Nice tips.
ReplyDeleteThis is great for people who have problems swallowing medications.
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My daughter who is almost 16 is still afraid to swallow pills! Thanks for these tips. I need to get her to practice swallowing pills, I just worry there will be a time where she'll need to know how to do it.
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Gracias por el consejo. Te mando un beso.
ReplyDeleteTe agradezco el consejo, amiga
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this tip! My son and I both hate taking pills.
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thanks for the tips.
ReplyDeleteDear Melody, you have no idea how useful your post was to me. I have always had trouble swallowing medications and supplements since I was a child. Thank you, best wishes, have a great weekend.
ReplyDeletePues gracias por los consejos porque yo soy... de esas personas 😖
ReplyDeleteNiestety, ludzie na wszystko biorą tabletki. To nie jest normalne.
ReplyDeleteI've never had a problem with swallowing medication, but will be showing your tips to my husband, who does! Thanks for sharing, Melody! xxx
ReplyDeleteThese seem like great tips. I was always great with taking pills until I lived with a roommate who gagged every time they took a pill. Listening to that for two years made me start gagging when I take pills. I look forward to trying some of these tips! Thanks for sharing. :)
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty pragmatic.
ReplyDeleteSugestões muito úteis. Obrigada.
ReplyDeleteUma boa semana.
Um beijo.
Great tips! These methods make taking medicine much easier. Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteAs a child I couldn't manage to swallow one small tablet but now I can take as many as 8 tablets at time
ReplyDeleteuseful tips.....
ReplyDeletethank you for sharing
Bom dia e uma excelente terça-feira com muita paz e saúde. Obrigado pelas dicas maravilhosas Melody.
ReplyDeleteI used to have the worst time swallowing pills. And then... as I got much older, somehow I could. I do need to take it while I'm eating though and fool myself that I'm just swallowing food. Orrrr... I take it with a little chocolate milk which helps it go down easier.
ReplyDeleteUseful tips Melody, I know some people struggle with taking pills. Thanks for linking
ReplyDeleteOne more tip: skip the pill, take something you love instead. I just remembered a slogan in some Amalfitano bar: Save water, drink limoncello:)
ReplyDeleteHi, Melody! I always have problems when I have to swallow pills. I have never tried to do what you recommend, but I will do it next time. In some cases, I was lucky because the medication that I needed was also avalible in other formats (like liquid) and I prefer it.
ReplyDeleteYou have a great blog and useful posts. Have a nice day! ;-)