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Is The Medicine In Omeprazole 20Mg Capsules Available In Any Other Form?

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sandyRoe | 22:23 Sun 10th Feb 2013 | Health & Fitness
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Apparently, the capsules are too big to swallow.
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ask at the chemist - wiki says this

Omeprazole is available as tablets and capsules (containing omeprazole or omeprazole magnesium) in strengths of 10 mg, 20 mg, 40 mg, and in some markets 80 mg; and as a powder (omeprazole sodium) for intravenous injection
i had tablets when i was prescribed them
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Ok. Thank you both. I'll see the chemist tomorrow.
also, you can usually open the capsules and take on some jam or yog
I have these capsules but I thought they were only available on prescription, also I don't think they should be opened,
if it's a choice between not having it at all, and opening the capsule, open the capsule
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These are on prescription. I didn't think of opening them because I imagined if they were in capsule form they'd be very bitter.
that's why you put them on jam :)
also, it comes in dispersible tablets
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I'll phone the doctor and try to get a script for 10 mg tablets. Hopefully they'd be smaller than the capsules.
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I'll not bother the doctor. Instead I'll go to the grocers and get a pot of jam. Strawberry be OK?
They're absolutely NOT too big to swallow sandy. I take one a day with my other stuff and they go over no problem. Put your head forward when you swallow and the job's done.
That jam will rot your teeth. :)
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They're not for me, Douglas.
can jam rot plastic?
I take a capsule (different drug) and it does say in the leaflet that they can be broken open and taken in food ............ patient.co.uk is a useful website too
I take these and don't have any problem swallowing them. I don't think they're particularly big - although maybe I have a big mouth!
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If mouth size was a consideration capsules as big as snooker balls would present no problem.

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