What kind of pill popper are you? Lol

tjt6768

Hi folks, I know many of you are on a plethera of magic beans like me, all wonderful colours and shapes etc...

I just wondered, how do you take yours....
Are you the kind that takes one tablet at a time, popping it in your mouth followed by some water... (this would take me all day, lol)
Or, like me, I get a mouthful of water first, hold it there and just throw a whole handful in at a time and swallow, works well for me, haha..
Morning dose is five tablets
Lunchtime is seven
Evening is five
Night time is eight.. :roll:
No wonder I'm not hungry :shock:

Just summat to write about...

valval

i find swallowing meds difficult so a one at a time girl with black tea (i know should use water) but never remember to get it and can not be bothered to get back up and get it lol val

tjt6768

I am a bugger for taking mine with red hot tea sometimes too Val.. Lol
You should try it the way I do, having the water in your mouth first..
It works great for me but I've got a big gob :shock:

jillyb1

I take my magic pills with water or juice . 10 at breakfast , 3 at lunchtime , 7 at dinnertime and 2 at beddie byes time . It's all good fun isn't it ? Jillyb

valval

tjt6768 wrote:

I am a bugger for taking mine with red hot tea sometimes too Val.. Lol
You should try it the way I do, having the water in your mouth first..
It works great for me but I've got a big gob :shock:

can see me with tea all down my t shirt trying to get meds in lol mind you non of them masive at min off all the hourse meds at min only 3 in morning and two at night plus pain meds as and when needed (they are bigger)

tjt6768

I don't want a dry cleaning bill Val :shock: :shock:
Mine are a real variety of shapes and sizes at the minute.. They all get thrown in together

traluvie

Toni..

I'm surprised you don't choke lol...

I can only do 1 at a time.. i normally take them with what ever drink i have at the time.. scolded myself this morning forgetting my tea was still hot and was about to have my morning dose lol..
You certainly have a concoction lol... pls make sure you don't choke lol.. have visions of you with a mouthful of water anfd ten pills swimming around in your mouth.. lol

Tracy
xxxxx

valval

would choke but then oh would give you the tenner he always offering to people to bump me off lol

traluvie

valval wrote:

would choke but then oh would give you the tenner he always offering to people to bump me off lol

tjt6768

Only a tenner Val.... :shock:

Tracy... I once nearly did choke, but it wasn't the way I was taking them, I was on large capsule painkillers years ago (can't remember which ones) but as I swallowed the tablets I coughed and the capsule opened in my throat, my throat instantly started to close... I couldn't breath properly, couldn't tell OH what was wrong, had to just keep sipping cold water till it eased, boy that was fun :shock: :roll:
Horrible feeling.. I did panic I don't mind admitting...

I have just realised, I said I take five on a morning, it's six!! Haha...
Talk about rattling...

tjt6768

jillyb1 wrote:

I take my magic pills with water or juice . 10 at breakfast , 3 at lunchtime , 7 at dinnertime and 2 at beddie byes time . It's all good fun isn't it ? Jillyb

What a set of junkies we are eh? Haha.....
Ain't it just grand.. It's not like we take em for fun eh??

traluvie

tjt6768 wrote:

Only a tenner Val.... :shock:

Tracy... I once nearly did choke, but it wasn't the way I was taking them, I was on large capsule painkillers years ago (can't remember which ones) but as I swallowed the tablets I coughed and the capsule opened in my throat, my throat instantly started to close... I couldn't breath properly, couldn't tell OH what was wrong, had to just keep sipping cold water till it eased, boy that was fun :shock: :roll:
Horrible feeling.. I did panic I don't mind admitting...

I have just realised, I said I take five on a morning, it's six!! Haha...
Talk about rattling...

I'm sorry Toni i did laugh.. i shouldn't really.. but it just shows that you are a champion at pill popping...

tjt6768

It's ok, I laugh about it now too.. Bloody pills.. Lol
Talking of which, it's about that time, another seven down the hatch..
Off to make a cuppa and to try and eat summat..

Cheers ladies, be well..

traluvie

tjt6768 wrote:

It's ok, I laugh about it now too.. Bloody pills.. Lol
Talking of which, it's about that time, another seven down the hatch..
Off to make a cuppa and to try and eat summat..

Cheers ladies, be well..

Cheers Toni.. i just took mine with a luke warm cuppa... make sure you don't scold yourself... enjoy your cuppa..xx

PamieAFC1903

Speaking of meds, I better get my prozac down my throat.

I take that in the morning for my Anxiety & ADHD. Tramadol 3 times a day, if I run out of that I'm on Co-Codamol. My inhaler twice a day and when needed, tablets at night for my asthma, a tablet to help me if my lady month visits (basically if my implant has a few days off), gaviscon to help with my acid and valium when needed.

I used to be on loads, my mum said if you shook me id rattle.

katknapp

im taking about 16 tablets a day,i really cant take them with water it has to be milk,the other day though i was trying to take the steroids and they just would not go down they kept swirling round my mouth and they left a really horrible aftertaste :???: its funny i was ok at first but i seem to be struggling to take them lately dont know why :???:

mellman01

I don't need water can cope without it if I have to but it's a bit tricky sometimes so nornally use orange juice.

barbara12

Im with Val on this one....I find it hard to swallow one never mind more....so its a large glass of water...a deep breath...tablet in...water in and hope it goes down.. strange really I have no trouble swallowing food...so why a couple of small tablets :???:
Barbara x

dreamdaisy

All tablets should be taken with water, it's to do with the coatings that they have. Other drinks can follow, but the initial swallowing should be with water. I do all mine dry, then gulp down a half pint (of water). Co-cos, however, work far better with beer chaser. DD

coco67

i chuck them in in one go and swig some water, coffee whatever is handy, predisolone pill i can take 8 in one go no drink, first time i did this i was having a severe reaction to meds and the nurse gave me 8 of them and was looking for a cup so she could get me some water, i could feel my throat starting to swell so i just went for it, i thought she was going to choke hahahaha

i used to swollow boiled sweets whole as a kid no problems so whats a few pills :???:

annie_mial

I never had any problems swallowing them dry until the last few years - my mouth and throat are so dry now that I can't swallow anything unless its mashed or chewed first........so, the morning pills (about 10 of them) go down with a banana, the midday pills go down with a mouthful of whatever lunch is, and the evening ones go down with a cuppa and a biscuit!

Annie

tkachev

I take one at a time with hot tea (hopefully).If I take more than one I usually end up coughing one out and losing it or it falls into the tea and melts! I used to take 5 in morning and 5 at night plus the once a week MTX tabs but now only have 2 tablets morn and 2 at night.

I do try to have some toast with the morning ones as it is not good to swallow tabs on an empty stomach,but you need to get down the stairs first,

Elizabeth

dachshund

Hi Tony.
i have a problem swollowing tabs
i take 6 brekie 2 i cut wit my tab cutter and the rest go in water
3 dinner in water 3 afternoon in water 4 bed time in water.
we would make a good tune between us.
happy popping all,
joan xx

tjt6768

Lol
Cheers folks, interesting, nobody else takes em the way I do, than again, I always was an oddball... Haha...

I can't take them by putting them in mi cake-hole first for some reason.. :?:

Oh, don't you just hate popping those bloody pills...... And especially when the chemist gives you a cheaper brand and it's not 100% foil, it's like half paper half foil, and it won't pop!! I usually have one long finger nail that I use to pierce it 3/4 of the way around otherwise the tablet breaks, or if it's a capsule starts to collapse... :roll:
I know you can buy a little pill popping thingymabob, but I'll stick with the finger nail for now.. I hate doing the dosette strip for the week, always get mixed up, the tramadol are little capsules just like the diclofenic etc etc...

Be alright taking eight diclo's every day instead of the two (slow release things) I am on...
Might get some pain relief though

julie47

Unless I take paracetamol through the day which are disolved in water, I lick the end of my finger so that I can pick them up off the table and pop em all in mouth at one go and swill with tea on a morning and fizzy pop at tea time.
YUM

juliepf x

tjt6768

I used to get told off all the time for taking mine with fizzy pop, I only ever used to drink coke, hardly used to drink tea even, I know, hard to believe.. Lol
Never drank water or juice, just litres of sugary crap each day.... Last June I decided to stop, I had been drinking it like that for twenty plus years, not good... Now I can't stand it.. So it's Tetley tea for me, and lemon and lime flavoured water by civlov......