trouble taking medicine? how do you work around that?

[texasmom]

Any of you have trouble taking pill medicine? I've got one kid who absolutely can't take it.  Not with water, food (not even yogert, which is usually a sure thing).  Can't crush it, etc.  

Heck, even as a teen he has to chew his food to a pulp before he can swallow it.  When he was a toddler he choked on his food constantly.  I always seemed to have my finger down his throat pulling something out.  

So, anyone have anything you've done to help the ease of pill taking?

[rogwar]

Maybe get a pill splitter and break it into smaller portions?

Pharmacy will have pill splitter. However do not use if it's some type of time released pill.

[texasmom]

Sorry, it's gel caps, not powder-pills.

[Nwbie]

http://www.oralflo.com/

[kamori]

Seriously..Talk to Doctor...rectum is an option. Some meds can be absorbed that way.

Kam

[KgB]

Slapping the kid worked in the old days

[FireDrgn]

Is there a reason you cant mix them with a beverage?

Just ask. "If I mix this with beverage X can you swallow it?"  If he says "  No I can not!!!" then its a mental block.   Obviosly if he says yes your done.

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[Fulmar]

Esophageal stricture?

[batch]

Ive always had problems taking pills............since I was a lad and to this day............ just hard to do............ I have to  place the pill on my toungue............. fill my mouth with water......tilt my head back til I can feel the pill slide to the back then swallow fast........ then immediately take another big drink of water to wash it down as I can feel the pill moving down my throat

easy boys dont get too excited....... were talking about medicine here

[texasmom]

I used to think it was just a brain-block thing... especially after having heard all of his doctors say 'so what?' (basically).

But he vomits if crushed pills are mixed w/drink or food.  And he definitely vomits if any pills taken w/just water ever make it close to making it down.

I've tried to make himself vomit on numerous occasions (when he was sick... get him to barf & feel better long enough to fall asleep), but he can't do the standard stick your finger down your throat & vomit deal.

He's not on medication on a regular basis, but I did just recently get him some medicine which is supposed to help clear up his acne.  If he ends up not being able to work it out, he'll just have to live with the creams unless I can talk the doc into giving him the injection medicine instead.


Thanks nwbie =) I'm checking that out

[Tac]

Err... just give him some cornbread or bread ... tell him to chew it but not swallow it...

then have him put the pill in his mouth and use his tongue to put the pills inside the chewed bread and then swallow it.


Easy.

[batch]

sounds kinda funny....... but its true

theres a reason why heartworm medication comes in beef or bacon flavored chewy snacks for dogs.... they wont swallow a pill

so maybe if you just try putting the pills in food that he wont know the difference.......... maybe broken up in a taco or something crunchy so the texture isnt recognized

[AWwrgwy]

Placebo.

Just curious what would happen if you just told him there was a pill in his food and he tried to swallow it?

Also, gelcaps are just sealed capsules, aren't they?  They're not filled with liquid, right?  Even if they are, cut them open and mix that with something.

I hated pills when I was a kid too.  We used to open up the capsules and mix it with brown sugar and I'd eat them that way.



wrongway

[FiLtH]

  Vulcan had that problem for awhile. He said he cured it hanging out at the Y. Not sure how that helped.

[Tac]

"theres a reason why heartworm medication comes in beef or bacon flavored chewy snacks for dogs.... they wont swallow a pill

so maybe if you just try putting the pills in food that he wont know the difference.......... maybe broken up in a taco or something crunchy so the texture isnt recognized"

Yup. As a kid there was no way in hell I could swallow even the smallest pills. But since I DID have to take them I would just 'hide' them in food.

I guess ive always been a logical person... even the biggest medication pill is SMALL compared to chunks of chewed food one swallows.