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66 points

No. Mouth full of drink as if going to gargle. Tilt head back, open mouth, drop in pill(s), IMMEDIATELY swallow, AND chase with more drink.

Dear god, its like some people want to taste our crimes against nature.

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52 points

Tilting your head down can actually help with swallowing by a lot.

Insert pill. Put liquid in mouth. Tilt chin down. Swallow.

Source: have dysphagia, can only swallow pills and other hard substances by tilting head down

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13 points

It varies a lot from person to person. The only way I was able to learn to swallow pills at first was to deliberately swallow air, like you do if you want to make yourself burp. Head forward? Head back? Both interfered.

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7 points

some pills have nasty taste if they touch your gums or mouth. fill in water first, then pill, then swallow.

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Guess that just didn’t bother me, but yeah, which you do first didn’t make a difference in terms of swallowing. It’s all about tilting the chin down to open the throat.

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At least close your mouth first, unless you like spilling drink+pills everywhere.

Pretty sure tilting the head down is implied in my personal swallowing process. I’m not sure I can actually swallow anything with my chin up.

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Tilt head back, open mouth, drop in pill(s), IMMEDIATELY swallow

Definitely not implied. I thought your entire point was keeping the head tilted back.

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2 points

They’re talking about a way to prevent aspiration with dysphagia by tilting the chin down to the chest.

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20 points

I’ve been taking 6+ pills a day for years and still can’t get myself to swallow them. I just chew everything. Tasty painkillers and caffeine.

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9 points

BTDT. Time-release is too useful though.

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6 points

My only time-release capsule is filled with little beads, I just pop it open and eat the beads like pop rocks

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5 points

And these goddamn pharma companies putting binders and shit in so you can’t medically boof em.

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16 points

Someone already said it, but tilting your chin down opens your throat, while tilting your head back will constrict

Tucking your chin down while swallowing pills is best

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10 points

Also many pills (especially capsules, where the coating and filling are separate vs tablets that are compressed as one) float, so counterintuitively, tilting your head forward actually brings the capsule up to the back of your throat!

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… and I already replied to them. Enjoy spilling drink and pills everywhere.

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13 points

The only pill you need to swallow is the truth

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4 points

What exactly are you imagining?

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2 points

This…works less well with kids.

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damn, you beat me to it. can confirm, it works like a charm

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