Before swallowing, turn your head to the left then send the pill down the hatch. You'll be amazed at how easy the pill goes down.

To the left? Won't that constrict my esophagus? I'll try tho!

Banana is the best thing to eat if one is stuck it pushes them down better than anything else. I can take capsules and caplets fine I have some big ones but tablets choke me. My diabetes medication is huge and the new brand Walgreens is using now is ridiculously huge. I asked the pharmacist if they could get the capsules for me but they buy it by huge lots which ever company has the best prices. So I am stuck with 90 days of the giant tablets I can't swallow. And they are extended release so can't be cut. I have never seen a tablet this big and thick. I rub butter on them it sometimes helps. I tried every method of pill swallowing I could find online and from the pharmacist. She thought I was exaggerating so she went and pulled the medication to see it. She said OMG what were they thinking! That's what I was thinking.

Oh I hate horse pills. Good luck with those.

What would happen if you turned your head to the right? Lol. Some people take pills with a spoonful of applesauce. I'm not sure if that is for the taste or to help with swallowing.

Have been taking the pill version of carafate (for stomach) since the end of October. It's a BIG "horse pill" that starts dissolving immediately... doesn't even wait for me to take a swallow of water. Really doesn't have a nasty taste but that dissolved, grainy texture is sometimes gagging. I don't think it can be a coated pill... supposed to dissolve asap in stomach, I think?!?

Haha! I'm left-handed so that is an automatic for me, though I feel as if I read you need to turn to the left. I'm surprised no one else has heard of this as it works very well.

My vitamin C lozenge sticks sometimes which is not very nice tasting. I find that if I tilt my head back when I swallow pills, they usually go down pretty easily. So, I take a drink of water, hold it, poke the pills in, tilt my head back and swallow. I'll have to try the left head turn trick.

I've heard that you take a drink before taking the pill and turn your head to the RIGHT! But I guess it is whatever works for you is how you should go.

My 9 year old can not swollow a pill even if its dang near microscopic. Weve been practicing with tic tacs. Not working. I have problems myself. Lol...funny how we can swollow a mouth full of food, but when it comes to pills LOL.

I do swallow a mouthful of pills when they are tablets. They dissolve so fast. But those darn capsules. They rise to the top of my mouth when I drink the water and I have to point my head down so gravity will make them get to the back of my gullet faster!!

I don't have 100% flawless solutions but for me a couple things help. First, I do wet my mouth if it feels dry. I think it's because the pills tend to stick on a dry mouth and tongue. Second, I don't take too much water or it'll be harder to swallow. I do swallow multiple pills at a time. Next, I have tried the turn the head thing. Haven't had a problem doing that but that doesn't mean it makes a difference. And the biggest help is have the capsules/horse pills lined up so you're not swallowing them the wide way. Send it down like a body down the water slide. Going down a waterslide sideways will hurt! So send those buggers down the narrow direction.

I take 4 regular size capsules at bedtime. I take them all at once - into the mouth followed by a large gulp of water seems to work for me. I can also take pills and capsules without water but with water is easier.

To me, I think this is something to not think about too much. Just do it.

Again, not everyone is the same--some have a really hard time getting pills down.

Scott, did you give my method a try?

Sjerin, yes I tried it. Felt really weird. But the pills went down! Thank You!

I have to thank you Sjerin! Your method has made the giant round tablet go down easier. Oh I take 4or more large capsules at once with no problem. I have never really had much of a problem with pills till this monstrosity. I do always take a sip of water and make sure my mouth is wet before beginning the process, I have a lot of big ones.

With capsules, if you swallow some water first and wet the capsule in your mouth before swallowing they'll go down easier than tablets. At least that's been my experience.

A doctor once told me that eating a bit of food--like bread, which is usually handy--will push down a pill that's stuck.

I'll have to try sjerin's method with my big magnesium tablets.

I can swallow several pills at a time. Put pills in your mouth, a big gulp of water and turn your head to the RIGHT, swallow. I read that trick a long time ago and it works.

Just took a fair sized one ... which included putting it into mouth, bending over a fairly low drinking fountain, filling mouth with water, raising head ...

... and down the hatch!

Usually works with no problem ... but if not - another gulp of water as a chaser.

Almost always works.

This time, was to take it along with food, but I choose to keep them separate.

ole joyful

Take with food means to eat first, that either the medication can upset the stomach or the presence of food in the stomach is desired to slow absorption.

It doesn't mean take a bite of an apple and then try to swallow the pill with the food in your mouth.

(does he really think that "with food" means in the mouth at the same time?)