Swallowing Pills

[gale_1016 18]

Does anyone know at what point, if ever, that we can take pill form medications??? I have been using children's liquid Tylenol for the occasional headache & I can barely get it down! It's like swallowing bubble gum flavored sugar! Now I know why my son gags everytime I give it to him!

[honk 780]

I take small pills everyday. As to tylenol there there are adult versions. I buy store brands because they are cheaper. Go to the pharmacy and ask the pharmacist where to find it.

[shuckybucky 107]

I take all pills and the only thing I have ever had trouble with is antibiotics in capsules because the capsule seems to melt away before it actually goes down and I am left with a nasty bitter bitter taste. I just went to doctor last night and got Lortab, antibiotic,steroids, and tessalon pearls and I have swallowed them all whole. They are all different sizes but the Lortab is bigger then Tylenol and i have no problem.

[Holly Dolly 575]

Buy a pill cutter, that will work!

[Alex Brecher 10,484]

Does anyone know at what point' date=' if ever, that we can take pill form medications??? I have been using children's liquid Tylenol for the occasional headache & I can barely get it down! It's like swallowing bubble gum flavored sugar! Now I know why my son gags everytime I give it to him![/quote']

I've been able to swallow all sized pills for years now. It seems like some bandsters have issues swallowing pills and some don't. Great suggestion above to chop up your pills. You can also get liquid gels and pour them in to a drink.

[FLORIDAYS 3,040]

I can swallow anything about the size of an asprin. For anything larger I use a pill cutter. You can find them in any drug store.... for $4-$7

[SashaWLS 412]

Agree with the other points above, but you can also try St. Joseph chewable aspirin. It comes in orange and doesn't taste too bad. I take Flintstone's Complete chewable Vitamins which are also very good...

As for my grown-up meds, I take one capsule every morning by opening it, dumping it under my tongue, and then quickly drinking a sip of Water.

Good luck!

[amberakamom 13]

I've been taking my meds, as usual, since the day after surgery.

[BB12 2]

I have had no problems taking pills. I can even take my Vitamin whole. It goes down fine.

[DELETE THIS ACCOUNT! 12,703]

I take multiple pills daily, including Multivitamins and ibuprofen, and have never had a problem swallowing them.

[gale_1016 18]

This is great to know! I don't take medicine very often, but it's good to know I can take pills!

[cfalbro 23]

I was glad to see so many of you able to swallow pills. I've been getting killer head aches and been too afraid to try to take whole pills. My doc said liquid caps should be okay, so I finally got some today. We'll see how it goes.