Tricks To Taking Pills?

[sabrina140 33]

I finally got to come home! Yay! Thank you all for your kind words and prayers over the last week. It made sittng in the hospital bed at 2 in the morning a little easier :')

I am wondering now, if any of you have tricks to taking tablets? I am scared to swallow them! I didn't realize until last night that I totally forgot to take my 'happy pill' since Sunday (night before surgery, and I have terrible social anxiety so I need to get it going), and I am also staring at this bottle of Pepcid wondering how I will down it...? All of my Vitamins are chewable, but for solid pills do you just go for it, mash them, chew em?? Thanks!

Sabrina.

[IowaAndy 95]

If it is a pill that can not be cut or a capsule that must remain intact I would take it with a spoon full of Jello. This helps to open your stomach a little so that the pill can enter easier. You could always ask the doctor for a smaller dose pill and take more than one for the time being also. If they are time release you could try one that is not so that it can be cut into smaller pieces. Check with your doctor or pharmacist on each specific medication as they are all different.

[sabrina140 33]

Thanks Iowa! I should have included that there is nothing special (caps, time released, etc) about my tablets. I will definately try the Jello trick! good idea!

[Finding MeMe 204]

I went to Walmart and bought a spill splitter. I then cut my big multi vit into four small pieces that goes down super easy. Good Luck..

[fitforlife 18]

I still have problems taking pills (I'm 4 weeks out today!) and if I take them the wrong way I still throw up (like today). The way they go down and stay down for me is to take each one with a sip or two of Protein shake---and wait in between each pill for 5 minutes. then I can't drink Water afterwards for about 1 hr. if I drink Water I will vomit them. don't know why, but this is something I've learned after surgery about my sleeve----it's very sensitive at this stage

oh, and I have to split them into smaller pills with a splitter too

[aldmb2 24]

I am also worried about pills. I was on an extended release medication & I cannot take them once I get my sleeve. So I have to take 2 in the am and 2 in the pm. I wasn't sure how to take them!

[GonnaLoseIt 33]

I had to take an anxiety pill as well, I had to open the capsule and swallow all the little ball things inside. That one was easy. But on my way home from my surgery (had it in mexico, live in canada) a cough I had got worse and my breathing became painful. Went to the hospital as soon as I got off my flight and I had pneumonia. They gave me the childs medicine because it was liquid form, but my sleeve and tastebuds found it to be completely repulsive and even a small bit sent me into vomiting fits, so they had to admit me into the hospital for 3 days. They needed to give me the adult pill version, I needed to take it for 14 days. For those 14 days I cut the pills into 4. Worse tasting medicine ever but if I swallowed it quick enough I could do it. Luckily by the last 2 days (17 or 18 days post op) the doctor told me I could try taking the pill whole, it might just cause discomfort. Luckily for me there wasn't any discomfort and to this day I have just swallowed pills. I am 5 months now and I am able to swallow these horse size calcium citrate Vitamins.< /p>