02-12-2009, 09:55 AM
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Swallowing Vitamins!
I recently bought some new vitamins and after opening the bottle I discovered that they are not coated. I can swallow some big pills, as long as they're coated. But these, although they are small by comparison, just stick in my mouth. Any tricks to making them go down? I don't want to waste a whole bottle of vitamins!
02-12-2009, 12:57 PM
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Would it help to take a big drink of water with them when you are trying to swallow them?
02-12-2009, 01:33 PM
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Tami, that's what I WAS doing. Clearly I need to move on to something more drastic!
02-12-2009, 05:58 PM
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I can't think of anything else for you to do with it other than crush it. Would that be possible? Would that reduce the effectiveness of the vitamin?
02-13-2009, 04:17 AM
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No, there will be no crushing of this pill. It tastes nasty enough as it is.
02-20-2009, 05:39 AM
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Try coating it in butter. Put the pill in a spoonful of jelly.
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02-20-2009, 07:38 AM
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I have a hard time swallowing pills too. I generally just take them with food. They go down with the mix, and I don't notice. If it's at a time when you aren't eating, the spoonful of yogurt or a cracker would work well. My ds can take the largest pill dry! I think it's disgusting. But he was in the hospital when he was 9, and has been able to do that ever since.
02-20-2009, 07:48 AM
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I was thinking applesauce or yogurt, something that you can just swallow with the pill in your mouth Barb.
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02-20-2009, 09:07 AM
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My son's dr suggested putting the pill in a big spoonful of applesauce.
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02-22-2009, 03:54 PM
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I have trouble with pills too. You have to be careful what you crush ,because of the acting power.
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