Wednesday, July 9, 2014

How To Swallow Pills In An Easy Way

By Rosella Campbell


Mashing the pills and pill diluted in water are just some ways and techniques that most parents do for their children to swallow their medications. Maybe, you also experienced this kind of situation in your previous years. Most children are having a hard time in swallowing the pills, but the method used lies on how it is applied. Here are some gradual tips on how to swallow pills easily, even on different sizes.

For your little ones, make sure they have a good swallowing reflexes. It means that you have to make sure that your kid will be able to ingest the water without difficulties. Let your child drink a quantity of water. Let them swallow the tablets directly to their throat and help them not to spit the tablets out.

If there are no issues about taking water, let the child ingest a multicolored candy ball pills. There are children that do not need to start on swallowing with smaller sizes. Any child can start on the right size pill that he can conveniently ingest. However, when they start in big sizes, it can enable them to move up quickly without wasting water. You should praise them for their efforts and success.

Actually, it is not only the children who have a hard time swallowing their tablets, but adults as well. Thus, applying the simple methods is also helpful. You may start on a method using a food. Chew the food, put the pill and consume it in your mouth. Just be sure that you are eating the foods that are appropriate in the medications you are taking.

You may also choose to eat a hotdog bun and insert the tablet inside. Actually, this method is quite effective for most people. You may also use a dough and bread as well. Enjoy eating and once you already swallowed it in your throat, drink a water or a beverage. This is very easy and a simple technique to be applied.

Peanut butter or honey lovers would prefer to use their favorite food in taking pills. All you have to do is to get a spoon, put the pill in the center and cover it with honey or peanut butter. It depends on your preference. After consuming it, you may drink a soda or any other liquid substance.

You may also begin on swallowing a candy. Repeat the process over and over again, until you will feel conveniently in swallowing them. Try to consume another size of candy and try another size like the shape and size of the tablets you will be taking. Once, you are at ease with the sizes, then it means that you can already ingest your pills.

Once you are taking medications, it is not necessary to take them in an empty stomach. You can also take them without eating something. Thus, after taking your tablets, you can immediately drink or sip a soda to pull the pill down in an easy way. You must drink a cool water and not a cold one.

You may drink juice instead of water. Assess first if the juice will not conflict on the medications you are taking. Some would choose to drink beverages with a straw, since it is a great help in pulling the liquid and easier to ingest the tablets.




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