i always had problems with swallowing pills, i just can't get i down my throat. But this time i can't get out of it. So i had to try. Day one, no problem at all, it just slided down. I almost thought i finially can do it. The 2nd, 3rd and 4th day didn't went as well. I just can't swallow it at once. After having it in my mouth for a minute or slightly longer, with various attempt to swallow it and attemts to flush it down, it eventually did. So my questions are:

-Are there any problems with a pill that has slighty dissolved in your mouth, before you managed to swallow it.
-Any tips so i can swallow it, in one go?

-Are there any problems with a pill that has slighty dissolved in your mouth, before you managed to swallow it.

Not that I can think of, other than some un-coated pills might taste pretty bad.

-Any tips so i can swallow it, in one go?

Put it on your tongue and drink some water, that's what most of us do. Usually it just goes down with the water. Maybe start out with small pills first, maybe even some small candies like cinnamon hearts or tic-tacs.

1. Put pill on tongue.
2. Take a fairly big mouthfull of water or juice.
3. Shake head vigoriously.
4. Swallow, fast.

The head shaking will suspend the pill in the liquid and will go down with liquid. Doesn't look to good, but it works.
Dave

When I was younger :P I had the same problem with a large pills. What I discovered that helped is taking a large mouthful of water with the pill, then put your chin down and swallow. Really helps!!

Break that big pill in half- now you got two small ones. Easy thing now.

Play around with swallowing small pieces of ice. You can then work up to bigger pieces until you are swallowing some pieces much bigger than your pills. Ice is easy to swallow and will melt if it gets hung up some place. You will get to where you can swallow horse pill sized pieces of ice no problem.
Oh the shaking your head thing that X-ray talks about does seem to work for me too. I don’t very often but using the above I can swallow a whole hand full of pills at one go.

Oh and something thicker than water helps too. Juice or milk is better with orange juice being the best for me. <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

I bet you swallow bites of food all the time that are larger than those pills that are tormenting you. Ask yourself how it is that you have no trouble those bites of food, but the pills give you so much trouble. I pondered this idea one day as a child and have had no trouble swallowing pills of any size with or without water ever since. Now if by chance you not able to swallow bites of food larger than a pill then, well, thats another story.

thanks for the reply, but none of them really helped today. I will try tomorow again...

Before allowing the pill to dissolve in your mouth, check with your pharmacists/chemist, to see if it is okay for the particular medicine you are taking to do so. Many pills/tablets are coated with a special coating, which will dissolve in the appropriate place in the intestinal tract and be correctly absorbed. Some medicines can be inactivated by the stomach’s gastric acids and are coated to allow them to pass through the stomach and dissolve in the small intestine. If your pharmacist/chemist says that the particular medicine you are taking will not be adversely affected, try grinding the pill up and mixing it will applesauce, pudding, etc. and take the medicine that way. Also ask if the medicine is available in liquid form.

Pete