If you have trouble swallowing tablets and pills, even when you drink something to have it go down easier, it might be worth checking out different consistencies of food to go along with it. Many elderly people take their pills in yoghurts and puddings and stuff like that. Soft foods in general also work. A drink should usually help though.
If it’s tablets and pills that explicitly need to be taken dry, you could try a swallowing technique called a “chin tuck” where you push your chin towards your chest before swallowing and then swallow while your chin is still tucked. That way, you leave less room/area for the tablet/pill to get “stuck on”. It could help but doesn’t necessarily have to help.
In any case, it’s definitely better if you have the tablet/pill find its way into your stomach so it doesn’t just dissolve in your pharynx and have no effect
you can make the pills smaller, i suspect a lot of pills are oversized because they just use standard molds and add filler. And if the pills need to be absorbed slowly then surely you can just split it into two pills and add stuff that slows absorption…
If you have trouble swallowing tablets and pills, even when you drink something to have it go down easier, it might be worth checking out different consistencies of food to go along with it. Many elderly people take their pills in yoghurts and puddings and stuff like that. Soft foods in general also work. A drink should usually help though.
If it’s tablets and pills that explicitly need to be taken dry, you could try a swallowing technique called a “chin tuck” where you push your chin towards your chest before swallowing and then swallow while your chin is still tucked. That way, you leave less room/area for the tablet/pill to get “stuck on”. It could help but doesn’t necessarily have to help.
In any case, it’s definitely better if you have the tablet/pill find its way into your stomach so it doesn’t just dissolve in your pharynx and have no effect
imagine if they could make pills that are just actually possible to swallow easily…
Preach. I doubt there’s too much you can do though given human anatomy and the (lack of) space in the pharynx
you can make the pills smaller, i suspect a lot of pills are oversized because they just use standard molds and add filler. And if the pills need to be absorbed slowly then surely you can just split it into two pills and add stuff that slows absorption…