RE: Re: Taking meds...& new fun today

[Guest guest]

Sometimes there are golden moments aren't there? I decided to try and get

the Christmas Cross down off the front of the house since the weather has

turned so nice. (60 degrees in northern NY on Jan 8, 2008) Ray came out to

help me. When we got it down and started to pick it up, Ray took the cross

joint over his shoulder and started to drag it. Sometimes you think they

don't know anything because they have such a hard time expressing stuff but

once in a while it comes out plain as day. He said: " This is just the way

they did it way back " (Jesus carrying the cross) I said yes it is--the way

of the Cross, let me help you Jesus. A golden moment. Leona

Taking meds...

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> Does anyone have any good ways of getting their LO to SWALLOW pills?

> Grandma has never

> had a problem with this before but the 5 days or so have been a real

trial

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> getting worse. Even when I cut them up very small (not quite crushed)

and

> put them in ice

> cream she eats the ice cream around them and spits the pills out or

rolls

> them around her

> mouth sucking on them and complaining about how bad it tastes. When I

tell

> her to swallow

> them she says " Quit yelling at me, I KNOW! " She says it doesn't hurt to

> swallow and she

> doesn't seem to have problems swallowing what little food and drink

she's

> getting in these

> days, its just the pills. I'm worried that she's going to start refusing

> them (she tried to just

> now and I talked her into trying just one more time). Some I know its ok

> to crush (my

> understanding is that if it is scored so it can be cut than it is ok to

> crush it) but some I'm not

> sure. Can namenda or sinimet be crushed? Her EFFEXOR XR comes in gel

caps,

> is it ok to

> open those up and just mix it with ice cream or pudding?

> I guess I should call the pharmasist but I thought I'd ask if anyone

here

> knew first.

> Emma

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