Need help with pills

I had surgery on Tuesday. I just can't get my crushed pills down. My mind is stronger than my ability to swallow. I've mixed them in regular water and flavored water, neither worked. I start gagging the minute they touch my tongue. Any suggestions?

The way they had me do my crushed pills was to put them on a spoon and add some water to it then put in my mouth and then take a drink and swallow....I gag on my blood pressure pill but I have to get it down....Its hard I know but you have to do it!!! Good luck!!! Hugs Judy

I used apple sauce or the protein puddings. they both worked well even right after surgery. I'd try the protein pudding (i used the Instone one) first since you need protein anyhow at this point you'll be eating so little that every little bit of protein helps. good luck.

Jay, I went and got applesauce. However, the baby food one is 8 grams of sugar per serviing and the no sugar added or sugar free are both 12 grams of sugar. Do you remember which one you used? Marie

I used natural applesauce where the ONLY ingredients were apple. some of them add concentrated apple juice for sweetener and that adds sugar but allows them to say "no sugar added". Of course i only used a baby spoons worth of it to get the pills down so it really wasn't an issue but once again, i'd recommend the protein pudding instead.

Marie; Get Natural Applesauce. Read the label to make sure they did not add sugar. The sugar that is registered on the label will be a natural sugar which most people don't get sick on, plus you are only using enough applesauce to get your pills down. Good Luck! I still crush my pills at 3 years out and I still have trouble getting some pills down.

Tami, I did the baby applesauce, but that is definitely not going to happen again. Nasting tasting stuff. I'm really hurting now from all the 'G I'll try the Natural Applesauce, hopefully that goes better. Marie

I know this may sound funny coming from an adult, but I swear by it. I my nose to take anything nasty! I swear it works! You CANNOT taste it UNTIL you let go of your nose, so what used to do was mix my crushed pills with a little crystal light or water in a medicine cup....ends up being about 2 tablespoons of liquid/meds...hold your nose and drink it down like a shot, but DON'T let go of your nose until you have a little taste of something...peanut butter worked well for me.. I'd have it ready on a spoon. Just a smidge to clear your mouth of the taste, and then take a little sip of something....after that, then and ONLY then do you let go of your nose. I promise you it works!!! Try it! Hugs, Theresa

that makes total sense. most of what we experience as flavor is actually smell. when we learned this in school everyone was so incredulous that we tested it out by trying different foods with our noses pinched. it worked. taste is only a small part of FLAVOR. flavor is made up of taste, smell, texture, temperature, texture etc. Coffee and Chocolate for example are flavors made up of mostly smell not taste.