Tonight I was taking one of my meds and I think it may have gotten stuck. I'm not sure exactly what that means yet. But right now I feel like I have something stuck in the back of my throat.It did not start until about a half hour after I broke a large pill into many pieces and took it with juice. If it is stuck, wouldn't I feel it more in the gut, than in the back of my throat. Water and applesauce doesn't seem to help wash it down either. What have others done when this has happened? Tomorrow I am calling the doctor and try to get a liquid.

it would be doubtful that the pill is stuck if you broke it into peices, more likely that one of the bits of pill scratched your oesophagus on the way down, now that can make it feel like something is stuck in your throat. good idea to get liquid if u can

I am not banded yet, but I would tend to agree with Cazzy... Sometimes I will take a pill and swallow it wrong, and then even after a ton of liquids it still feels like it's there, even though I know I've washed it down.

Tonight I was taking one of my meds and I think it may have gotten stuck. I'm not sure exactly what that means yet. But right now I feel like I have something stuck in the back of my throat.It did not start until about a half hour after I broke a large pill into many pieces and took it with juice. If it is stuck, wouldn't I feel it more in the gut, than in the back of my throat. Water and applesauce doesn't seem to help wash it down either. What have others done when this has happened? Tomorrow I am calling the doctor and try to get a liquid.

Don't worry. I did this seven years ago. Pills do feel like they are in the back of your throat but they go down. Now I take all pills whole but probably not for 3-4 years. You are doing the right thing. Everything "feels" unusual but it's probably fine. When it's not, your system will toss it back.

I have been told by others who have the band if a pill feels stuck you can drink a hot liquid and most will dissolve.

I would also tend to agree that if you broke the pill into pieces it probably isn't stuck, especially since you can get applesauce and liquids down.

Good luck!

No, I haven't had a pill get stuck - though I do often think about it when swallowing pills. I swallow 5 small pills at once every day.