I'm taking a medicine called Carafate for my gallbladder.?
I hold trouble swallowing this medicine. The coating on the pill is a type of powder and as soon as I put it in my mouth or try to swallow it, the pill get stuck in my throat or won't go down. I can crush it to bring in it easier to take but I can't mix it with food or the tablets won't work right. Any advice on how I can take this medication would be greatly appreciated.
Answer: I purely looked up this drug in my pharmaceuticals book, and I don't think the
communication between you and your doc
be clear because it says that this drug is
used to "coat" a duodenal ulcer so the body
can make well it. The gallbladder is not an intestinal ulcer..
It also says it should one and only be used for 8 weeks.
My own experience with taking CAPSULES. (It's different with pills.)
Many times this will work. Put the tablet
in your mouth, sip a large mouthful of marine,
while standing, look straight down at your
toes and swallow. (When you look down,
the water carries the trilby to the back of your
throat so you can swallow it easily.)
Another risk is to wipe the cap well
next to butter. Place on back of your tongue
and swallow a big drink of water. IF it get
stuck, take a mouthful of water and look
STRAIGHT UP TO THE CEILING, and
swallow. Do this 2-3 times and it will turn down.
If it STILL doesn't go down.take a bite
of bread and chew it up, do the ceiling entry and drink lots of water and it surely should
go down.
As a finishing resort...keep some extra virgin
olive oil on appendage (you should be drinking
1 tblspn per day anyhow for health sake).
Anyhow, drink the olive grease and your throat
will get slippery and voila, down goes the tablet.!.
Carafate also comes in liquid form, you could try to carry that if you think it would help. Maybe cut it surrounded by half, and down more water past during and after swallowing the pill.