Re: Taking meds...OT

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Wow my typing was really bad on that one!

> > >

> > > have u tried putting them in apple sause that's the way we had

to

> give them to my sister

> > before she passed. The apple sauce comes in different flavors

now

> too. just a suggestion.

> > > Shirley

> > > Taking meds...

> > >

> > >

> > > 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 and it seems

> > to be

> > > 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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