Fwd: swallowing - Digest Number 2848

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Chapp,

You might have already tried this but I discovered by chance a few months

ago that my Dad has virtually no trouble swallowing his pills IF (a) we

give him OJ to take them with rather than water (because the OJ is

thicker), and ( if we give him the pills one at a time (except the really

small ones he can take all-together).

Robin

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>Message: 3

> Date: Thu, 09 Feb 2006 22:25:31 -0000

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>Subject: Re: Swallowing

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>In Mom's nh they crush the pills and spoon feed with a mixture of pureed

>prunes plus

>whatever else they feel the resident might need in their diet. Those are

>pills, not capsules.

>I guess they open them up and mix with the puree!

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> > Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 2:10 PM

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> > Subject: Re: piper/sharon m

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> > Hi, Sharon,

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> > Thank you so much. I am going to hope that Dad can continue to

> > swallow. He is so uncooperative now, it is hard to tell if he

> can't swallow or he

> > won't swallow. I know not taking the seroquel just compounds the

> problem,

> > but I don't know how to make him take the medicine if he refuses. I

> guess it

> > is just another day in Lewyland!

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> > Hugs,

> > Piper

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>Message: 4

> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 16:31:34 -0600 (Central Standard Time)

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>Subject: Re: Swallowing

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> mary

>sometimes pills are dry to the mouth and hard to get down, coat them with

>something slippery like butter to make them slide down easier also put them

>in applesause or pudding something that one doesnt chew and they should

>slide down too. hope this helps hugs sharon m

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>-- Swallowing

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>I have had trouble with my Mom swallowing pills and often times I wonder

>if it is really a problem or is she just making it a problem. I have

>tried several ways to give the pills to her and the one that seems to

>work is to give her food before and after. She doesn't seem to have a

>problem with food, so . . . . I feel this method kind of gets her

>swallowing something other than pills first and in between. Anything is

>worth a try!

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