Any tips on how to take medicine?

Question

I have to take pills for a back pain, headache and ear infections cause but the problem is that I have a really hard time taking pills. I'm terrified to attempt to swallow them because when I was younger, I choked on one and even when I do with the smallest little pill, it gets stuck in the back of my throat. Any tips on how to swallow them without that happening or how to be less terrified of taking them?

I also, often when I have pills crush them up and put them in a drink and take it like a shot. Yet, that's still gag worthy and absolutely disgusting. Is there any liquid that I can mix the powder in so that the taste is overpowered?

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Try a yogurt drink, they're pretty thick & block out the nasty pill flavor. That's what I use for my oldest, she has this same problem.

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Milk has made my life easier when taking pills.. milk is creamy and pills slide better when taken with it

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Instead of downing them with water do milk it helped me when I was younger

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Get a brown paper bag and hit them with a hammer. Or got to  a dollar store and get a pill crusher

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It's really a mental thing, I had the worst time swallowing pills. Until i got over it what I would do it crush the pill between two spoons, so that it becomes powder..and then I put sugar on the spoon so that it covers the pill and put it in my mouth and wash it down with water or some other liquid. Since sugar is sweet it kinda masks the bitter taste. I'd do what the others are say also, drink it with something thicker, or with more taste than water.

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I was the same, I always used to put the pill in first before water, but then I realised if you fill your mouth with water and then put the pill in with the water and take a big gulp.. it's totally fine and goes down fully! Just pretend it's not there and then swallow! Also don't be paranoid because of things that happened in the past, your throat was probably was half the size of what it is now, you swallow food that is a lot bigger than a pill, hope that helped! ;)

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You can put it in some apple sauce and eat it. The sweetness will cover up the taste.

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Try drinking a smoothie with it. 😊

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First, I would recommend talking to your doctor to make sure it would be okay to crush your medication. For some it can be fine, but other it can disrupt how the medication is supposed to digest and dissolve into your body. Otherwise, maybe try something that tastes strong to try to mask the taste of the powder, maybe?

As for actually swallowing pills, I've noticed I have an easier time when I use "thicker" drinks like milk or tea as opposed to water. Maybe try that and maybe try chugging a lot of it to make sure there is enough liquid to help the pill go down.

Any tips on how to take medicine?

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