If you have problems swallowing tablets, drink water from a bottle with a sports cap. This is easier than using a glass of water, as the way you drink from the cap makes your throat funnel shaped, so the pills go down easier
- Angela Chalmers

Drink out of a bottle rather than a glass? Worth a try, next time I'm having trouble getting a large fish oil softgel down.

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I found the best way is to put the tablet on the back of the tongue and just drink the water normally pretending there is nothing there to swallow. Works slick as a whistle.

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I saw some people could swallow tablets without water... amazing. I often have to finish a whole cup of water.

I've always had a problem with large pills. I will break them up into half's or quarters or even smaller. Once I even tried grinding up a vitamin capsule into a powder mixing it with water and then drinking it. YUCK!, pewee, bad idea, don't try it, draged tongue across brick wall to get rid of taste.

I tried above suggestions today, drinking out of bottle and putting at the back of tongue...fish oil softgel ended up dissolving in my mouth (again)

Large tablets are out of the question...large softgels are a big problem...capsules and small tabs are best. I think a lot of it is mental, because some days are much easier than others, less anticipation.

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It's used for toddlers.

I have trouble with the larger pills/capsules sometimes, more so it seems if
I'm not really in the mood to take them at all - psychological, as Kind2C
suggested. I find that large dry tablets are the hardest to swallow so I may
try to break/cut those in half. Usually tho, I just drink lots of water w/them.

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My pill story.
Way back in high school me and my appendix parted ways. Went into the hospital in the morning they did a few test and by noon my appendix was history. Later the evening I'm now fully awake and a nurse comes in and asks how am I feeling and do I need a "pain pill".

Well I don't feel all that bad but yes I am a bit uncomfortable so what the heck sure I will have one. She then comes back with two tablets that could choke a horse. Naturally the first one I try goes down the "wrong pipe"!

So now the only thing to do is cough it back up. BUT that requires using the stomach muscles and of course at that moment they the last thing I want to use.
Coughing using just the chest muscles is not very efficient although I eventually got it out.

At that point I figured that I had enough pain for the evening and did not need the second pain pill.

Funny story Mad Scientest!

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Hello kind2creatures.

I'm sorry to hear you're still having trouble swallowing your fish oil tablets. Given that the problem is only likely to get worse as you get older, have you considered an alternative?

A product I've used is Udo's Choice. That provides omega 3:6:9 in a balanced ratio. It's an oil, you take it by the spoonful, but it's derived from plants, so it's a lot more palatable than fish oil. Alternatively, you can work it into food.

Maybe worth a try?