Re: Swallowing pills!!

August 2, 2002

I, um, have never been able to swallow pills with water. I take pills when

I eat, eat when I take pills.

I recently read that most pills are happier with food because it generates

the acid to break them down. Of course, that is n/a for RNY & BPD, but

we're not crazy.

Thanks,

Vitalady T

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Swallowing pills!!

> Sorry for the cross posting, but I had to share! I have FOUND a

> solution to swallowing pills, no matter what size they are. I just put

> a small amount of yogurt (or pudding, etc) on a spoon, put the pill

> inside and swallow. At first I was only doing this to my smaller pills,

> thinking it would never work with my calcium horse pills, BUT IT DOES!!!

> I am delighted!!! I HATE swallowing pills, even tiny pills are hard for

> me to get down, but not anymore!

>

> I was talking to a friend mine who is in the medical profession. He

> told me that when you swallow pills using liquids, the muscles in your

> throat react different than when you swallow food. Food swallowing is a

> more natural function for your throat.

>

> I have to say that my dread of swallowing pills has resulted in me

> skipping the necessary pills I must take. NOT ANYMORE, and to give you

> an idea of how big my calcium pills are, someone mentioned cutting them

> with a pill cutter,,,,,when I tried that I couldn't even get the pill

> into the cutter, it was too big. Now, just a small dab of yogurt on the

> end of my spoon, add pill, and IT'S GONE!

>

> Try it, especially if taking pills bothers you, it really does work.

>

> hugs,

> KJ

>

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