Re: pills sticking in my throat

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Hello deborah_Lattimore@...,

In reference to your comment:

Anybodyout there with similar problems or with a solution?

Sounds very familiar Deborah. After my nightly

med's I eat two Hershey kisses. Maybe it's just that

the taste of chocolate is so satisfying, but I'd swear

it helps the pills go down.

That's my story and I'm sticking with it!

Maggie

Alabama

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For some unknown reason, I generally need around a dozen hershey kisses to make the pills go down (even when there are no pills being taken).

In a message dated 9/26/2006 5:28:02 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, LunaIam2@... writes:

Hello deborah_Lattimore ,

In reference to your comment:

Anybodyout there with similar problems or with a solution?

Sounds very familiar Deborah. After my nightly

med's I eat two Hershey kisses. Maybe it's just that

the taste of chocolate is so satisfying, but I'd swear

it helps the pills go down.

That's my story and I'm sticking with it!

Maggie

Alabama

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Pill crushers are sold in drugstores, but not all pills should be

crushed (delayed release tablets for example). That's something

to ask your doctor or pharmacist. Many medicines are available

in liquid or chewable form.

in PA

pills sticking in my throat

> Hey, can anyone out there help me out with really

> nasty pain when a pill just sticks in my mid-throat?

> This is especially a problem when I go to bed at

> night. I really do remember to take my evening

> medications at least one hour before I hit the sack,

> but lately, it's not working.

> I've had a few nights recently where the pills just

> sat in my throat about midway down and the burning

> sensation was yucky (kept me awake for hours, actually).

> I got up, drank more water, waited, went back to bed,

> had to get up again, drink some soda, and then the

> damned pills still didn't go down. How about having

> these pills put into liquid or powder state? Anybody

> out there with similar problems or with a solution?

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> Thanks!

> Deborah

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Hello lilac_blossom_lady@...,

In reference to your comment:

THAT has got to be the best solution to a problem I have ever heard of.

Yes, Ann, but I am convinced it really works. If

it is a figment of my imagination, then what a

wonderful way to end the day? LOL

BTW , did I say two? I meant 2 dozen.

LOL.

Love you both.

Crazy Maggie

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Dear Maggie, THAT has got to be the best solution to a problem I have ever heard of.LunaIam2@... wrote: Hello deborah_Lattimore , In reference to your comment: Anybodyout there with similar problems or with a solution? Sounds very familiar Deborah. After my nightly med's I eat two Hershey kisses. Maybe it's just that the taste of chocolate is so satisfying, but I'd swear it helps the pills go down. That's my story and I'm sticking with it! Maggie Alabama

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Deborah was absolutely correct about the pill crushers and the 'not all pills are crushable' warning. Some medications that are not crushable in their 'normal' form may be obtained in a crushable form - although sometimes you need to take them on a different schedule. I find liquids to be a pain - usually they require refrigeration. Not so bad at home, but not very handy when traveling! I take a crushable blood pressure med, which I mix into a bit of pudding. I find chocolate hides the taste best! By the way, I know the subject has been discussed on this site before, but my doctor told me I was to never take a whole pill again. Liquid or crushed only. So I stock up on liquid children's pain reliever. I find it works as well as the adult type and tastes much better! mike in WI

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Chocolate actually causes reflux by opening the LES. It's one of a

handful of things that should not be consumed by people with GERD.

Chocolate

Coffee (not the caffeine, the coffee itself)

Onions

Oranges

Mint - (there are many here who use mint to help them swallow) are

all things that are no-no's on the GERD diet.

I, on the other hand, have to avoid all of those things - or at least

use moderation. I have completely eliminated mint, oranges and onions

(no great losses) and I have to be very careful with Chocolate and

coffee (BIG losses). Hmmm. Another one of those wierd differences.

Happy Swallowing!

- in Va.

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> Hello lilac_blossom_lady@...,

> In reference to your comment:

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> THAT has got to be the best solution to a problem I have ever

heard of.

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> Yes, Ann, but I am convinced it really works. If

> it is a figment of my imagination, then what a

> wonderful way to end the day? LOL

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> BTW , did I say two? I meant 2 dozen.

> LOL.

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> Love you both.

> Crazy Maggie

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michelle wrote:

> Chocolate actually causes reflux by opening the LES. It's one of a

> handful of things that should not be consumed by people with GERD.

> Chocolate

> Coffee (not the caffeine, the coffee itself)

> Onions

> Oranges

> Mint - (there are many here who use mint to help them swallow) are

> all things that are no-no's on the GERD diet.

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That is true. The reason for the decrease in LES pressure is not clear

in all cases, but may be do to an effect on the nerves that control

relaxation in the LES. Because these nerves are damage or destroyed in

achalasia these foods may not have the same amount of effect in each of

us. Some substance effect both types of nerves, those that control

relaxation and those that control contraction. One of the tests that can

be done to confirm achalasia, but generally isn't done, is where they

give you a substance that effects both. In people without achalasia the

effect is greater for relaxation than for contraction, but in achalasia

the effect on contraction is greater because of the damage to the

relaxation nerves.

> I, on the other hand, have to avoid all of those things - or at least

> use moderation.

You have, or are at risk for, GERD?

I am on pain meds today after outpatient surgery yesterday evening,

unrelated to achalasia. The pain is not a problem so I don't think I

will be taking anymore. I hope this message was not to " dopey " . I have

another 32 hours yet to go before I am allowed to drive. BTW: The

anesthesiologist (man that word was hard to spell) decided to intubate

because he was concerned about reflux in patients that have have a

Heller myotomy even though I have the wrap. The surgery time was bumped

because of the person before and needs of the person after, so I had to

wait three hours in presurgery after I was hooked up to the IV.

notan

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Thanks for all the info. on the pill sticking problem. I took another pill this morning right after I had breakfast and the doggone thing is still midway down my throat. I think I will get the kiddie brand of cold and pain stuff in liquid forms from now on, Notan, and I think I'll be very, very careful about mint and oranges and chocolate (some snivelling here) but it's just not worth it. I did break up a capsule last night and take my med. in its little dot form. Worked great. What a drag, ain't it?! Jeesh. And, by the way, just what the heck is happening when a pill gets stuck anyway? Doesn't it degrade, break down and eventually go into your system? And I suppose that the burning sensations are related to the doggone drug sitting on the mucosal lining of the esophagus? Brother! thanks, all, Deborah