Many people have the trouble of swallowing pills: in order to take a pill, drink a large bottle of water, the result is still stuck in the throat eye, not up and down...
What is even more uncomfortable is that the more you swallow, the more nervous you are, the more nervous you are, the more you can't swallow...
What if I can't swallow the pills?
First of all, we must do a good job of "warming up" to swallow the drug, and make these 4 points of preparation, which can make you swallow the drug more smoothly:
Divide the medicine into several parts and take them in divided doses
Prepare enough water
In fact, it usually takes about 150 ml of warm water to make the tablets reach the gastrointestinal tract smoothly.
Drink a few sips of water first and moisten the esophagus
Pose
For some people with difficulty swallowing, you should try to take the medicine standing up and avoid sitting and lying down. However, some special drugs, such as antihypertensive drugs, need to be taken while sitting, and gastric mucosal protectors are recommended to be taken in a lying position.
Here's the action of swallowing the drug easily-
Swallow the tablets with your head up and swallow the capsules with your head down
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When taking the pills, wrap your lips around the mouth of the bottle, look up and start drinking, and swallow the water and tablets with a sucking motion. This way the water can completely envelop the tablet and make it easier to swallow. Be careful not to let air into the bottle.
When eating capsules, you can put the capsule on your tongue, drink a sip of water but not swallow, and then swallow the capsule and water again with your head down. The capsule floats on the surface of the water due to its lightness, and bowing its head allows the capsule to pass through the gaps in the water surface and esophagus, thereby being swallowed.
Studies have shown that this action can greatly improve the swallowing effect of people with difficulty swallowing, compared with the old method of drinking a sip of water from a cup and then swallowing, these two methods improve the swallowing effect by 60% to 89%.
Isn't it simple? If you encounter difficulties in swallowing pills, try this trick quickly
I hope it will help you to take the medicine more smoothly and heal quickly.
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This article is co-authored by experts
Liu Xiaochang
Clinical pharmacist in the Department of Pharmacy
Zhuhai Hospital of Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital
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[1] Julia T. Schiele,Hendrik Schneider,Renate Quinzler,etc. Two Techniques to Make Swallowing Pills Easier[J]. ANNALS OF FAMILY MEDICINE,2014,12(6):550-552.
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