How to take pills maybe?
Mar. 22nd, 2024 10:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
soc_puppetPosted this on Tumblr, got some people who said it helped or thought it might help, figured I'd post it here as well. Inspired by a poll over there about how you take your pills (one at a time, all in one go, etc).
My mom taught me that with solid pills and tablets, you tilt your head back to swallow for best results; capsules, meanwhile, float, so when you take them with a drink, you tilt your head forwards to swallow them. From my understanding, the goal is to get them as close as you can to the back of your mouth for better swallowing.
So because the two different types of meds have different swallowing methods, and I take both, I don't take all of them in one go. (I mean, I don't even take all of my solid pills together, but I used to get heartburn from taking my meds the wrong way, so I'm inclined to take it easy with them when I can.)
Anyway, it probably doesn't work for everyone, but if you have trouble with pills and the like, it might be worth a shot
My mom taught me that with solid pills and tablets, you tilt your head back to swallow for best results; capsules, meanwhile, float, so when you take them with a drink, you tilt your head forwards to swallow them. From my understanding, the goal is to get them as close as you can to the back of your mouth for better swallowing.
So because the two different types of meds have different swallowing methods, and I take both, I don't take all of them in one go. (I mean, I don't even take all of my solid pills together, but I used to get heartburn from taking my meds the wrong way, so I'm inclined to take it easy with them when I can.)
Anyway, it probably doesn't work for everyone, but if you have trouble with pills and the like, it might be worth a shot
