Guest guest Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 how old is your son? if old enough and he can do it i would request pills only (my son has been taking pills since he was 5) my son prefers pills because theres no taste or texture to deal with. if hes not old enough or swallowing the pills is difficult, then maybe call the dr and see if they can switch the antibiotic (which is horrible on the pocket book i know) the only other thing i can think of is maybe try it in yogurt, applesauce anything semi liquid semisolid (applesauce can hide lots of meds, my younger son is almost 5 and takes melatonin on occasion, but cannot swallow pills, so i crush it and put it in apple sauce, then add cinnamon or red hots (warm up the one with red hots to get them to melt) the stronger flavor of the spices covers the flavor of meds pretty well. Willa Hunt wrote: > > My son just started taking a liquid antiobiotic that he finds > so disgusting, he actually threw it up. We tried pouring > a fresh dose in some chocolate milk and had to really coerce > him to get it down, sobbing and spitting all the while. > > My husband took the medicine back to the pharmacy and they did > something which is supposed to neutralize the flavoring and added > a different flavoring, but I can still smell the banana flavor, > so I'm pretty skeptical it's going to help much. > > It probably didn't help that he is still exhausted and in pain > and fragile from having been sick, but he really, really needs > to take this medicine. > > Any suggestions? > > Willa > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 Well, he said the medicine was much better this morning. 13 hours of sleep probably helped considerably! I hope we won't have more trouble, he has to take it twice a day for what will seem like years. :- Willa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 On Jul 2, 12:27pm, ASC wrote: } how old is your son? if old enough and he can do it i would request } pills only (my son has been taking pills since he was 5) my son prefers } pills because theres no taste or texture to deal with. if hes not old } enough or swallowing the pills is difficult, then maybe call the dr and } see if they can switch the antibiotic (which is horrible on the pocket } book i know) the only other thing i can think of is maybe try it in } yogurt, applesauce anything semi liquid semisolid (applesauce can hide } lots of meds, my younger son is almost 5 and takes melatonin on } occasion, but cannot swallow pills, so i crush it and put it in apple } sauce, then add cinnamon or red hots (warm up the one with red hots to } get them to melt) the stronger flavor of the spices covers the flavor } of meds pretty well. I don't think he's up to swallowing pills yet, and I honestly can't think of anything he'd eat we could hide it in. I will certainly pay to switch if we have to! But he seems okay ... for now... with the new flavor, so I fervently hope it will be alright! Thanks for the suggestions. Willa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 On Jul 2, 8:24pm, " Miriam " wrote: } } My son prefers pills too. You can also crush pills and put them on=20 } applesauce and there is very little taste to that. My son started=20 } swallowing pills at age 8. My daughter just started swallowing pills=20 } and she will be 8 in February. My daughter started off trying it=20 } with tic tacs and mini m & ms. Tic Tacs work better because they don't=20 } get soft. I have never been able to wrestle my daughter into taking=20 } medicine. My son will vomit anything he doesn't like the taste or=20 } texture of. He takes vitamins and medicine in pill form. My=20 } daughter once chose a shot of penicillin for strep over taking=20 } pills. It's only 1 shot and it's over quickly and no vomitting. She=20 } said, " I'll do it if I can hold daddy's hand " . She has no regrets=20 } and I think would do it again. That's a good idea, teaching to swallow. I think we will start on that when he is feeling less fragile and more cooperative. I really don't know what we could put pills in... pudding, maybe. He won't eat most soft foods, won't touch applesauce. Willa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 My daughter takes 4 pills every morning. She pops them all in her mouth at once and gulps them all down with a glass of milk. I don't know how she does it. She's been doing that since she was 6. I guess she doesn't want to waste her time taking one at a time. I have a hard time swallowing pills myself. I admire these little guys that can do it. Deb In a message dated 11/3/2007 10:34:34 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, aschristensen@... writes: pudding is a good choice, yogurt is good (especially the ones with the "stronger" flavors, or the smoothie yogurt type drinks i actually taught my almost 5 yr old nt son last night. he actually has a texture sensitivity just like his aspie brother. lol, but we started with a small pill (claritin type, he has allergies really bad, and HATES the liquid allergy meds) for both of mine it was fairly easy to teach, but both do it differently, lol. however their main motivation was that the pills dont taste bad (well at least not near as bad as the liquid stuff). the tic tac idea is a great one. actually thats how my mom taught me :)Willa Hunt wrote:>> On Jul 2, 8:24pm, "Miriam" wrote:> }> } My son prefers pills too. You can also crush pills and put them on=20> } applesauce and there is very little taste to that. My son started=20> } swallowing pills at age 8. My daughter just started swallowing pills=20> } and she will be 8 in February. My daughter started off trying it=20> } with tic tacs and mini m & ms. Tic Tacs work better because they don't=20> } get soft. I have never been able to wrestle my daughter into taking=20> } medicine. My son will vomit anything he doesn't like the taste or=20> } texture of. He takes vitamins and medicine in pill form. My=20> } daughter once chose a shot of penicillin for strep over taking=20> } pills. It's only 1 shot and it's over quickly and no vomitting. She=20> } said, "I'll do it if I can hold daddy's hand". She has no regrets=20> } and I think would do it again.>> That's a good idea, teaching to swallow. I think we will start> on that when he is feeling less fragile and more cooperative.>> I really don't know what we could put pills in... pudding, maybe.> He won't eat most soft foods, won't touch applesauce.>> Willa>> Debbie SalernoMaine Coon RescueBoard MemberDNA ManagerEastern Regional DirectorVice Presidentwww.mainecoonrescue.netSee what's new at AOL.com and Make AOL Your Homepage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 3, 2007 Report Share Posted November 3, 2007 pudding is a good choice, yogurt is good (especially the ones with the " stronger " flavors, or the smoothie yogurt type drinks i actually taught my almost 5 yr old nt son last night. he actually has a texture sensitivity just like his aspie brother. lol, but we started with a small pill (claritin type, he has allergies really bad, and HATES the liquid allergy meds) for both of mine it was fairly easy to teach, but both do it differently, lol. however their main motivation was that the pills dont taste bad (well at least not near as bad as the liquid stuff). the tic tac idea is a great one. actually thats how my mom taught me Willa Hunt wrote: > > On Jul 2, 8:24pm, " Miriam " wrote: > } > } My son prefers pills too. You can also crush pills and put them on=20 > } applesauce and there is very little taste to that. My son started=20 > } swallowing pills at age 8. My daughter just started swallowing pills=20 > } and she will be 8 in February. My daughter started off trying it=20 > } with tic tacs and mini m & ms. Tic Tacs work better because they don't=20 > } get soft. I have never been able to wrestle my daughter into taking=20 > } medicine. My son will vomit anything he doesn't like the taste or=20 > } texture of. He takes vitamins and medicine in pill form. My=20 > } daughter once chose a shot of penicillin for strep over taking=20 > } pills. It's only 1 shot and it's over quickly and no vomitting. She=20 > } said, " I'll do it if I can hold daddy's hand " . She has no regrets=20 > } and I think would do it again. > > That's a good idea, teaching to swallow. I think we will start > on that when he is feeling less fragile and more cooperative. > > I really don't know what we could put pills in... pudding, maybe. > He won't eat most soft foods, won't touch applesauce. > > Willa > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2007 Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 I was just thinking..."A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down!". In a message dated 11/4/2007 8:43:34 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, madideas@... writes: Refrigerate it if you haven't already. Sometimes that helps. Also remind him it doesn't taste so good but it's medicine. I know that sounds simplistic but my ds still complains, "It tastes funny" and I have to keep saying, "It's medicine - it's not made to taste good but to make you feel better." Also, have a glass of water there so he can stop and take a drink when he needs one. RoxannaAutism Happens ( ) taking medicine My son just started taking a liquid antiobiotic that he findsso disgusting, he actually threw it up. We tried pouringa fresh dose in some chocolate milk and had to really coercehim to get it down, sobbing and spitting all the while.My husband took the medicine back to the pharmacy and they didsomething which is supposed to neutralize the flavoring and addeda different flavoring, but I can still smell the banana flavor,so I'm pretty skeptical it's going to help much.It probably didn't help that he is still exhausted and in painand fragile from having been sick, but he really, really needsto take this medicine. Any suggestions?Willa Debbie SalernoMaine Coon RescueBoard MemberDNA ManagerEastern Regional DirectorVice Presidentwww.mainecoonrescue.netSee what's new at AOL.com and Make AOL Your Homepage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2007 Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 Refrigerate it if you haven't already. Sometimes that helps. Also remind him it doesn't taste so good but it's medicine. I know that sounds simplistic but my ds still complains, "It tastes funny" and I have to keep saying, "It's medicine - it's not made to taste good but to make you feel better." Also, have a glass of water there so he can stop and take a drink when he needs one. RoxannaAutism Happens ( ) taking medicine My son just started taking a liquid antiobiotic that he findsso disgusting, he actually threw it up. We tried pouringa fresh dose in some chocolate milk and had to really coercehim to get it down, sobbing and spitting all the while.My husband took the medicine back to the pharmacy and they didsomething which is supposed to neutralize the flavoring and addeda different flavoring, but I can still smell the banana flavor,so I'm pretty skeptical it's going to help much.It probably didn't help that he is still exhausted and in painand fragile from having been sick, but he really, really needsto take this medicine. Any suggestions?Willa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2007 Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 On Jul 4, 2:42am, and/or Robin Lemke wrote: } } We let them make up some icecream before anything nasty. } Something to look forward to. } He hee. I did bribe him with a soy ice cream bar - a real treat for a nondairy kid, we don't buy them often. Didn't think to suggest bites between sips though. Willa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2007 Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 That's good! :-) In a message dated 11/4/2007 8:51:32 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, jrisjs@... writes: We let them make up some icecream before anything nasty. Something to look forward to. He hee. debmetsfanaol wrote: I was just thinking..."A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down!". In a message dated 11/4/2007 8:43:34 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, madideaszoominternet (DOT) net writes: Refrigerate it if you haven't already. Sometimes that helps. Also remind him it doesn't taste so good but it's medicine. I know that sounds simplistic but my ds still complains, "It tastes funny" and I have to keep saying, "It's medicine - it's not made to taste good but to make you feel better." Also, have a glass of water there so he can stop and take a drink when he needs one. RoxannaAutism Happens ( ) taking medicine My son just started taking a liquid antiobiotic that he findsso disgusting, he actually threw it up. We tried pouringa fresh dose in some chocolate milk and had to really coercehim to get it down, sobbing and spitting all the while.My husband took the medicine back to the pharmacy and they didsomething which is supposed to neutralize the flavoring and addeda different flavoring, but I can still smell the banana flavor,so I'm pretty skeptical it's going to help much.It probably didn't help that he is still exhausted and in painand fragile from having been sick, but he really, really needsto take this medicine. Any suggestions?Willa Debbie SalernoMaine Coon RescueBoard MemberDNA ManagerEastern Regional DirectorVice Presidentwww.mainecoonrescue.net See what's new at AOL.com and Make AOL Your Homepage. __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2007 Report Share Posted November 4, 2007 We let them make up some icecream before anything nasty. Something to look forward to. He hee. debmetsfan@... wrote: I was just thinking..."A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down!". In a message dated 11/4/2007 8:43:34 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, madideaszoominternet (DOT) net writes: Refrigerate it if you haven't already. Sometimes that helps. Also remind him it doesn't taste so good but it's medicine. I know that sounds simplistic but my ds still complains, "It tastes funny" and I have to keep saying, "It's medicine - it's not made to taste good but to make you feel better." Also, have a glass of water there so he can stop and take a drink when he needs one. RoxannaAutism Happens ( ) taking medicine My son just started taking a liquid antiobiotic that he findsso disgusting, he actually threw it up. We tried pouringa fresh dose in some chocolate milk and had to really coercehim to get it down, sobbing and spitting all the while.My husband took the medicine back to the pharmacy and they didsomething which is supposed to neutralize the flavoring and addeda different flavoring, but I can still smell the banana flavor,so I'm pretty skeptical it's going to help much.It probably didn't help that he is still exhausted and in painand fragile from having been sick, but he really, really needsto take this medicine. Any suggestions?Willa Debbie SalernoMaine Coon RescueBoard MemberDNA ManagerEastern Regional DirectorVice Presidentwww.mainecoonrescue.net See what's new at AOL.com and Make AOL Your Homepage. __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 5, 2007 Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 My son's pills come in a capsule so we sprinkle it in a 1/2 a fruit roll-up and roll it into a small ball and he chews it up. As far as the liquid he just takes a sip of the med followed with a sip of milk. -------------- Original message from ASC <aschristensen@...>: -------------- how old is your son? if old enough and he can do it i would request pills only (my son has been taking pills since he was 5) my son prefers pills because theres no taste or texture to deal with. if hes not old enough or swallowing the pills is difficult, then maybe call the dr and see if they can switch the antibiotic (which is horrible on the pocket book i know) the only other thing i can think of is maybe try it in yogurt, applesauce anything semi liquid semisolid (applesauce can hide lots of meds, my younger son is almost 5 and takes melatonin on occasion, but cannot swallow pills, so i crush it and put it in apple sauce, then add cinnamon or red hots (warm up the one with red hots to get them to melt) the stronger flavor of the spices covers the flavor of meds pretty well.Willa Hunt wrote:>> My son just started taking a liquid antiobiotic that he finds> so disgusting, he actually threw it up. We tried p ouring> a fresh dose in some chocolate milk and had to really coerce> him to get it down, sobbing and spitting all the while.>> My husband took the medicine back to the pharmacy and they did> something which is supposed to neutralize the flavoring and added> a different flavoring, but I can still smell the banana flavor,> so I'm pretty skeptical it's going to help much.>> It probably didn't help that he is still exhausted and in pain> and fragile from having been sick, but he really, really needs> to take this medicine.>> Any suggestions?>> Willa>> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 5, 2007 Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 Medicine is a NIGHTMARE at our house. Logan has a really bad gag reflex and he just refuses to take it! If we try to force him then he will just throw it up. The best thing I have found so far is to put the medicine in a coordinating flavor of Juicy Juice. The juice has a pretty strong flavor so it masks the medicine flavor pretty well. I have also went as far as to freeze the juice/medicine mixture into popsicles so he thinks that he is getting a treat! However, if he tastes even just a little bit of the medicine he says, " it tastes dirty " and he wont eat it. If you come up with something that works, let me know! LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 5, 2007 Report Share Posted November 5, 2007 Be sure you read the instructions before crushing pills. We were going to switch my son to Concerta but he wouldn't take the pill and pharmasist said NOT to crush it.... -------------- Original message from "Miriam" <mimbanash@...>: -------------- My son prefers pills too. You can also crush pills and put them on applesauce and there is very little taste to that. My son started swallowing pills at age 8. My daughter just started swallowing pills and she will be 8 in February. My daughter started off trying it with tic tacs and mini m & ms. Tic Tacs work better because they don't get soft. I have never been able to wrestle my daughter into taking medicine. My son will vomit anything he doesn't like the taste or texture of. He takes vitamins and medicine in pill form. My daughter once chose a shot of penicillin for strep over taking pills. It's only 1 shot and it's over quickly and no vomitting. She said, "I'll do it if I can hold daddy's hand". She has no regrets and I think would do it again.Miriam >> My son just started taking a liquid antiobiotic that he finds> so disgusting, he actually threw it up. We tried pouring> a fresh dose in some chocolate milk and had to really coerce> him to get it down, sobbing and spitting all the while.> > My husband took the medicine back to the pharmacy and they did> something which is supposed to neutralize the flavoring and added> a different flavoring, but I can still smell the banana flavor,> so I'm pretty skeptical it's going to help much.> > It probably didn't help that he is still exhausted and in pain> and fragile from having been sick, but he really, really needs> to take this medicine. > > Any suggestions?> > Willa> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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