Guest guest Posted August 9, 2001 Report Share Posted August 9, 2001 Thanks Sheena!!! I liked this! How are you doing??? Hugs Helen a lil article on pills....Sheena:).Not A Tough Pill to Swallowby Burns,Speaker/Author/Columnist I may never see tomorrow; there's no written guarantee, And things that happened yesterday belong to history!!! {{{Sent With Many Hugs}}} Helen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 , , , You didn't read our FILES section did you? As Yogi Berra might have said " you can see a lot sometimes by looking " ..... Will Winter > I mean there are so many > I haven't a clue. > What should a 48 women, 51 man, 14 girl, 16 boy take? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 26, 2007 Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 > > , , , > You didn't read our FILES section did you? > As Yogi Berra might have said " you can see a lot sometimes by looking " ..... > > Will Winter > > I'm working on it...<G> there is a lot of information to take in. I will go there a specifically search that thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 Both of my kids had major problems with swallowing liquid medications and both hated chewable vitamins and even chewable Tylenol. They are thirteen and sixteen now and still can't even watch when someone else takes cough medicine. They both started taking pills at the age of four. When Hannah (the oldest) had bronchitis, the doctor brought in a liquid antibiotic and a pill. He told her, " If you can swallow this little thing, you will never have to take this other stuff ever again. " Hannah grabbed the pill and that was the end of it! You might get lucky and find that your six year old can do it. Just don't make a big deal about it--hand him the pill and tell him that if he can swallow a piece of candy, he can swallow the pill. Good luck. Kelley in NV ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 , I tried wrapping cheese around our dog's pill once, had it thickly covered. She took it in her mouth and I thought, " aha! " until she spit the pill back out but no cheese! If she knows I'm going to give her a pill she will growl and hide under a bed or something. My oldest son is the only one she will not dare growl or snap at (she'll growl & snap if I try to force something) so he has to give her all meds, flea stuff, etc. I've seen the pill pockets for dogs. I wonder why no one has tried something like that for kids? Let us know if you invent something. > > Recently had to give our English setter pills. I started with wrapping > a piece of meat around it, she caught on to that pretty fast. Finally, > bought pill pockets. These are like a soft chewy piece of candy with > a hole in the middle for the pill. I could squish the pocket around the > pill. Well, she caught onto that too and I still had to force it far > enough back in her throat so she couldn't spit it out. But it still > worked well since I could squish it around the pill. Hmmmm maybe > I could invent pill pockets for kids!!! > F > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 I have two dogs who are on meds for life, and I usually just shove my finger and the pill practically down their throats! I had to do this with a cat, too, which was considerably more difficult. I was surprised that I actually succeeded with that one! Laurie jpfolkert@... wrote: Recently had to give our English setter pills. I started with wrapping a piece of meat around it, she caught on to that pretty fast. Finally, bought pill pockets. These are like a soft chewy piece of candy with a hole in the middle for the pill. I could squish the pocket around the pill. Well, she caught onto that too and I still had to force it far enough back in her throat so she couldn't spit it out. But it still worked well since I could squish it around the pill. Hmmmm maybe I could invent pill pockets for kids!!! F Our list archives, bookmarks, files, and chat feature may be accessed at: / . Our list advisors are Gail B. , Ed.D., Tamar Chansky, Ph.D.( http://www.worrywisekids.org ), Dan Geller, M.D.,Aureen Pinto Wagner, Ph.D., ( http://www.lighthouse-press.com ). Our list moderators are Birkhan, Chris Castle, Joye, Kathy Mac, Gail Pesses, and Kathy . Subscription issues or suggestions may be addressed to Louis Harkins, list owner, at louisharkins@... , louisharkins@... , louisharkins@... . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 6, 2009 Report Share Posted September 6, 2009 I never used to have trouble swallowing pills, but now I do. Last night my arthritis was really hurting, so I took some ibuprophen and went to bed. I had a bad night with the pain--it seemed like the ibuprophen wasn't working. I finally went to sleep a little after midnight, but woke up at 5 with the worst taste in my mouth (there is not enough toothpaste on the face of the earth). The pills hadn't gone through. I got up and drank some water and went back to bed. The good news was, the painkiller had set in. The bad news was I regurgitated the water and the rest of the pills a little while ago. Now I have to take my thyroid pill and am afraid it won't go down. Has anybody found a way to manage this kind of thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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