How to swallow pills

1 Ask the doctor for smaller pills, or liquid medicine.

2 When buying, look for chewable tablets. I found chewable vitamin D and clacium in the UK. Boots sells chewable tablet with vanilla flavour, and the sixe of the tablet show on the label o the outside of the plastic bottle.

2 Grind up pills, if the doctor or pharmacists says it is OK to do so (Pill directions ought to tell you this. If you can, write to the manfacturer.) 

 3 Swallow a large gulp of water before takig the pill. Then put the pill in your mouth and take three large gulps of water. Take another three gulps of water to prevent a pill which sticks in your throat from being brought up.

Note which pills are small. For example, I have codeine pain killer which is small.  My panadol tablets are larger. 

I buy chewable vitamin D and calcium tablets.

Boots sell their own brand oval vitamin D and calcium tablets, vanilla flavour, with the size shown on the packaging.

Useful Websites

USA website

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/two-tricks-make-easier-swallow-pills-201411137515#:~:text=It%20can%20be%20caused%20by,prepare%20your%20food%20for%20swallowing.

UK NHS (National Health Service)

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/problems-swallowing-pills/

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