Have you tried soda water? The carbonation seems to do something to make swallowing easier, as a lifelong pill chewer
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Is anyone else unable to swallow pills/capsules? I chew them...
- Thread starter FernandoRocker
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I don't even need water. If I need to and I'm in a pinch I can grab a handful and just swallow... Of course I prefer with water. It goes down easier that way.
Now my sister on the other hand. She couldnt swallow a pill to save her life to the point that she'd rather sit there with a migraine than put herself through the trouble of trying to swallow a Tylenol.
Now my sister on the other hand. She couldnt swallow a pill to save her life to the point that she'd rather sit there with a migraine than put herself through the trouble of trying to swallow a Tylenol.
I've only read the first 100 posts, but the concept of chewing pills is just absolutely foreign and baffling to me. I'm 39 years old and last year I found out my 76 year old father has been chewing his pills for over 25 years. Ugh, the taste alone is enough to make me want to figure out how to swallow pills. 🤮
I don't how you chewers do it.
I don't how you chewers do it.
This is so perfect, I legit LOL'd!
I don't really have any problems. Usually can dry swallow or very easily swallow with water.
There are times where the pill catches or sticks and its a laborious process, which I assume is akin to the problem people have with swallow pills. Which is truly fucking awful, its the worst when that happens, so if that happens all the time to you I can totally get why its near impossible.
If you can get it to float though and go for it, thats the key.
There are times where the pill catches or sticks and its a laborious process, which I assume is akin to the problem people have with swallow pills. Which is truly fucking awful, its the worst when that happens, so if that happens all the time to you I can totally get why its near impossible.
If you can get it to float though and go for it, thats the key.
I've gotten really good at following up my chewed pills with something else to immediately take the taste out of my mouth. Other people ITT have mentioned how nasty prednisone is but I chew it every day and it doesn't even bother me anymore because I know what to follow it up with. Usually a handful of cereal or a cookie with something to drink works great.
I think it does for some, I think they are meant to dissolve and be slowly be absorbed into the body.
I can do it pretty easily, and I deal with a pretty bad gag reflex. I have to ... think about it? Don't know how to explain it but usually I bring up saliva, I put the pill in my mouth, and just try to figure out the good moment to make it go down. There's certain points where I know a 100% it's going to be a gag reflex, so I wait a bit. I just move around and when it's the right time, I swallow.
I have a harder time with water.
I have a harder time with water.
The instructions on medicine aren't there for shits & giggles. I don't chew anything that says swallow, I don't swallow anything that says chew.
It's all for a reason; don't fuck up your healing/treatment.
It's all for a reason; don't fuck up your healing/treatment.
As a child I couldn't. My mother had to crush them and put them into yoghurt. But nowadays I easily chuck the 5 capsules I take a day in one go.
There are some pills that you absolutely should not chew. Some are designed to release their contents further in your body, and can actually damage other parts. Check with your doctor.
I can relate, I had this problem until my late teenage years.
All in my head of course, but I just couldn't swallow pills (any size, with water obviously) for whatever reason.
Then I had this major treatment and tbh at the time I had no idea pills could be crushed/mixed, etc.
So it was either swallowing these pills or getting seriously sick, no other option.
I wish I could tell you how I did it but honestly one evening it just "worked". I focused and tried to calm down and sort of forced myself to do it, repeating in my head that there was no other option. It wasn't pleasant but it went down and that was it.
It clicked immediately and I've swallowed tons of pills since then without even thinking about it.
All in my head of course, but I just couldn't swallow pills (any size, with water obviously) for whatever reason.
Then I had this major treatment and tbh at the time I had no idea pills could be crushed/mixed, etc.
So it was either swallowing these pills or getting seriously sick, no other option.
I wish I could tell you how I did it but honestly one evening it just "worked". I focused and tried to calm down and sort of forced myself to do it, repeating in my head that there was no other option. It wasn't pleasant but it went down and that was it.
It clicked immediately and I've swallowed tons of pills since then without even thinking about it.
I have bad gag reflexes and I couldn't until like... 17-18? I don't know how I overcame it, now I can do it without even drinking water for everything but the largest pills like vitamins.
I have a pretty sensitive gag reflex, so yes, it can be difficult. Worst are those horse pill sized multivitamin tablets, which I won't even try with. Gummies work much better for me.
As someone in the medical field - please be careful taking medicine the way you're taking it OP.
Some medication has an enteric coating.
Omeprazole is okay to take that way but usually, you should try to ingest something with it. Be safe OP.
I can swallow several without water, even large pills. I usually don't take with water actually. *shrug*
You just need to remember that you swallow food a LOT larger than any pill you've ever had on a daily basis with never a problem -- just think of it as food and swallow.
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I know it's all in my head, because with large pills (like some multivitamins) I only need to chew them 2 or 3 times, so the chewed pill is broke apart in big chunks (larger chunks than some other pills), and then I swallow those pieces.
I don't mind the flavor. The only ones that taste horrible are the fish oil gel capsules... I put them in my mouth and chew them until all the oil is released and then I toss the chewed gel capsule away.
I don't mind the flavor. The only ones that taste horrible are the fish oil gel capsules... I put them in my mouth and chew them until all the oil is released and then I toss the chewed gel capsule away.
My GF is an NP in an emerg/ICU and says there are two people that come into the hospital:
Those who are normal, and those who chew their pills lol.
She says it as a joke of course, but def is not common!
Those who are normal, and those who chew their pills lol.
She says it as a joke of course, but def is not common!
My grandma "destroy" her pills with a spoon because she thinks is works faster lol. Maybe you could do that.
They absolutely do. Please listen to the advice you got in this thread because this can both make the medication ineffective and give you adverse effects. Try more water or applesauce/ice cream, or consult your pharmacist for alternative formats.
However, do NOT listen to this:
FFS, no... stop giving bad medical advice people -_-
Oh sorry. But I don't think it's true, that's why I said "lol"
At that point why not just buy a bottle of cod liver oil instead of spending more on capsules?
I wasn't able at first but after multiple attempts managed to learn to do it, always need water though.
I can't see myself chewing pill, sometimes when I struggle, a pill can slightly dissolve on my tongue and it tastes so awful that it instantly triggers a gag reflex. Good if that works for you though.
I can't see myself chewing pill, sometimes when I struggle, a pill can slightly dissolve on my tongue and it tastes so awful that it instantly triggers a gag reflex. Good if that works for you though.
I don't take any pills but any time I've tried it's been a real struggle. Friend gave me a fish oil pill a couple of times and both times I ended up chewing it down and getting a nasty aftertaste
I don't have a problem with pills, however, it is more difficult to swallow the earthy supplements as they are not coated and the exterior tastes what I imagine dirt tastes like which does not help.
doctor here, I hope you like needles! they are fun!! :D
joking aside most medication have other ways to being administer. for example every drug you mentioned have a water soluble version so you don't have to eat the pills
if you live in Portugal give me a PM and i'll prescribe them to you.
It is also something that is learned with time. My mother only learned to swallow pills at 53 years old. So you don't have to dread it!
if you live in Portugal give me a PM and i'll prescribe them to you.
It is also something that is learned with time. My mother only learned to swallow pills at 53 years old. So you don't have to dread it!
I just toss a handful of pills in there and chug some water down. I get that weird 'stuck in the throat' feeling sometimes but it goes away pretty quick.
Yeah, I suffer with them too. While I do swallow them, I often try swallowing it multiple times (with water) before it finally goes down. I can feel my tongue to the top of my mouth, being terribly unhelpful with the process of swallowing.
Normally, when I want to do it fast, I just nab a tiny slice of bread, chew on it (the bread, not the pill) a bit and them gulp it down along with the pill and water.
Normally, when I want to do it fast, I just nab a tiny slice of bread, chew on it (the bread, not the pill) a bit and them gulp it down along with the pill and water.