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Cant swallow tablets
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Hi i saw my doc today who gave me tablets,even tho i told him i couldnt swallow them.He told me to crush them.when i asked for liquid medication he said it was too expensive!! just wondering if anybody has any tips on how to swallow them .the pharmacist said they shouldnt be crushed.is there anybody else with this problem or am i a weirdo??
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.You're not a weirdo. Lots of people have this trouble and I think your GP was being mean...in every sense of the word.
Try eating a biscuit or a piece of bread/toast, then just as you are about to swallow the toast etc, pop the pill in and swallow the lot.
Much easier than trying to down them with a drink, IMHO.
Try eating a biscuit or a piece of bread/toast, then just as you are about to swallow the toast etc, pop the pill in and swallow the lot.
Much easier than trying to down them with a drink, IMHO.
don't have any bright ideas but really do sympathise - tablet form of a medication was prescribed for my 6 month old daughter a couple of months back....liquid form was too expensive...tablets didn't dissolve...complete waste of everyone's time and effort and tNHS money spent on prescribing a months worth of something un-useable!
If you can't manage go back to the doctor.
If you can't manage go back to the doctor.
when attempting to swallow...take a large gulp of water, tip your head back and feel that the tablet/capsule is right at the back of your throat before trying to swallow. most people who have difficulty try to swallow when the meds are still at the front of their mouth...and this is much more difficult. good luck x
This has always worked for me.
Take a large mouthful of water and hold it.
Open your lips just enough to slip the tablet into your mouth.
Bend forward at the waist as far as you can get your head down towards the ground.
You will feel the tablet float in the water in your mouth.
In one smooth motion, straighten up and tip your head back and swallow.
The water will go down, taking the tablet with it.
Take a large mouthful of water and hold it.
Open your lips just enough to slip the tablet into your mouth.
Bend forward at the waist as far as you can get your head down towards the ground.
You will feel the tablet float in the water in your mouth.
In one smooth motion, straighten up and tip your head back and swallow.
The water will go down, taking the tablet with it.
maybe try something thicker than water like soup, milkshake, soaked cereal,
I always had the problem growing up but now I can swallow most things....(.no one say anything lol!) But it still depends on the coating of the tablet the powdery ones stick in the back of my mouth and throat and leave a powdery after taste that makes me gag so for my contraceptive I have found one thats more shiny or coated/sugared they go down better, the brand is called yasmin in case people ask.
Good luck
Do you do a coated version/ sugared version of your medication?
I always had the problem growing up but now I can swallow most things....(.no one say anything lol!) But it still depends on the coating of the tablet the powdery ones stick in the back of my mouth and throat and leave a powdery after taste that makes me gag so for my contraceptive I have found one thats more shiny or coated/sugared they go down better, the brand is called yasmin in case people ask.
Good luck
Do you do a coated version/ sugared version of your medication?
I'm the same, I absolutely hate taking tablets - but if I have to I do this, take a small drink of water and swallow it, take a big mouthful, hold it in your mouth, slip the tablet between your lips and swallow the lot. Take another mouthful of water and swallow 9 times out of 10 i don't feel it going down. Good luck!
something else that has recently crept in unannounced I have been taking Warfarin tabs for years & becase I have to vary the daily dose between 2mg & 1.5mg I have always been prescribed both tabs (in packs of 1mg & 500mcg) when my last script was issued I was informed by the Pharmacist ( Boots) that the manufacturers had stopped making the 500mcg tabs & I would have to break a 1mg tab in half, this is fine but it is imperitive that the daily dosage is accurate & you cannot always break a tab exactly in half so I have had to buy a tablet splitter which cost me over £6. Ron.
I've just been trying to swallow my night time ones. The oval ones seem to go down easier than the round ones. Most difficult are the cocodamol. Damn things just wont go down. They keep coming back and they taste vile. I am going to try some of the hints given. Any port in a storm. If others find it easier to swallow the oval shapes it makes you wonder why all tablets aren't made that shape.
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