Swallowed A Pill Last Night Think I Aggravated....

[MeredithMcFee 98]

my esophagus. I take an OTC sleeping pill {tiny half pill} every night for years. Have never had a problem. Last night took the half pill and swallowed but noticed a little later that it burned. Took Water, then went to bed. Woke up in the middle of the night with the same feeling. More water. Again, woke up this morning, still had the feeling, decided to have a Protein Drink, later had a Smart Ones's Rice and Beans for lunch with no swallowing problems. Took Vitamins and finally took some dexilant but still have the same feeling. Has anyone had this problem before? I just tried eating some spicy almonds {not thinking} that I usually have for a 3pm snack and it burned going down, I just spit the rest out! Has anyone had this problem before after taking an 'innocent' little pill?

[2muchfun 8,927]

I have but not with little pills. Big pills sometime hang around my pouch and have burned the lining of my pouch. Makes it difficult to sleep when it's happening and is noticeable when I consume food the next day. But, it goes away in 24 hours. Still, you don't want to cause an ulcer in your pouch as this is the main reason for erosion.

tmf

[bornready 42]

I have but not with little pills. Big pills sometime hang around my pouch and have burned the lining of my pouch. Makes it difficult to sleep when it's happening and is noticeable when I consume food the next day. But, it goes away in 24 hours. Still, you don't want to cause an ulcer in your pouch as this is the main reason for erosion.

tmf

Thank you for that info TMF, that is a good thing to know. I used to take 800 mg ibuprofens but gave them up after surgery. I started to use Goody's powders, they worked ok. Talked to my Dr when I tweaked my back a month ago and she said I could take my 800s as long as it was short term, meaning 1 a day for a day or so.

[MeredithMcFee 98]

Thank you TMF for the info. I also had a craving for cyrstal lite lemonade all day yesterday and I'm sure the acidity didn't help the situation. :-(

[SashaWLS 412]

I don't know what to do long-term, but I would take some liquid Tylenol to ease the discomfort, maybe that will buy you time while it heals

[MeredithMcFee 98]

Thank you Sasha, I never thought of that. It's getting better but it still hurts some what.

This too shall pass.:-)

[Bnug 4]

I once got stuck on a tiny pill I took regularly. It got to the point I couldn't get ANYTHING down for 24 hours I had to have a complete unfill...I was soooooo upset. It's amazing how one day things are good to go...and another day they are not!

[Heathermarie0407 67]

Before I was banded one time I took a large gel capsule and it got hung up. My throat hurt for days and i felt like the capsule was in my throat .The conclusion that I came to was that the capsule had busted while in my throat and the liquid irratated my throat.