All my life I've had to rely on chewables
and Liquids. I simply CANNOT swallow
pills! I take them with water but end up
swallowing the water and leaving the pill
in my mouth. I usually just end up letting
them dissolve in my mouth and I mix a
little sugar in to kill the bad taste a
bit and swallow that. I thought swallowing
birth control pills would be easy since
they're so tiny but it's not
Any tips?
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lexa8909
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Joined: 31 May 2008 Posts: 4 Location: Florida,
Posted: 06-02-08 10:12am
I had that problem as well..
Try putting the pill on the very back of
your tongue vertically and then drink the
water/fluid. Or, just break it in half?
Hope I helped!
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Maddie34
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Posted: 06-02-08 11:05am
Even when you take big gulps of water the
pill is still left?
I put mine on the back of my tongue too.
Once you do that quickly take a drink and
quickly swallow the water so you can't
accidently move the pill. Don't think too
much about it when you do it.
Do any kind of mental prepping you need
before you put the pill and water in your
mouth.
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.My.x.Name.
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Joined: 03 Jun 2008 Posts: 3
Posted: 06-04-08 00:00am
Like the two above said, try putting it in
the very back of your tongue then tilt
your head back slightly and swallow with a
big gulp of water.
If you still have problems, get a pill
cutter thing cut them in half and then
tuck them in a little bit of bread and
swallow like that, it could just be a
mental thing.
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Lilly Ivy
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Posted: 06-08-08 23:42pm
Just another opinion on putting on the
very back of your tongue. Don't think
about the pill, just drink the water.
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PenguinsRus
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Posted: 06-10-08 16:02pm
Also, with birth control its important to
be sure you get the whole pill in your
system so if you still have troubles
taking a pill, you should look into femcon
fe. It is a chewable birth control pill
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coliejo
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Posted: 06-10-08 16:10pm
I used to have htis problem so I would
chew up a saltine cracker, but not swallow
it and then stick the pill in it and
swalow, you wont even notice it's there
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Georgia59
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Posted: 06-16-08 16:37pm
Try burying it in yogurt (especially the
kind with chunks of fruit, but make sure
you don't chew) or applesauce or
something. You'll be able to just swallow
the chunks easier without thinking about
it.
