How do you take your oral pills?

How do you take your pills?

  • Liquid first, then pill

    Votes: 7 7.3%

  • Pill first, then liquid

    Votes: 77 80.2%

  • Who needs water when you got spit?

    Votes: 12 12.5%
  • Total voters
    96
trikster40

trikster40

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My whole life, I've always taken a drink of water, popped the pill in my mouth, and swallowed.

After getting married, I've noticed my wife does the exact opposite: she puts the pill on her tongue, then drinks water and swallows.

She thinks my way is weird. I think hers is weird. We've started asking others and turns out I'm in a very small minority by putting the pill in my mouth after the water.

How do you take your pills? Do you even need a drink to wash it down?
 
I think I used to do liquid-first, but it proved a bit unwieldy in some cases. Pill-first means you have to deal with the taste for slightly longer but I find it's more reliable.
 
why the fuck would you do that? the pill would start dissolving inside your mouth and throat and it would be ugh. I do not even want to start to think about how pills taste

you drink water to swallow it down fast so it doesn't meander and dissolve in your mouth slowly on its way down
 
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If you put the pill in first you drink it down easier with the coming water.
Taking it after the water might be easier than dry, but its still harder than if it is accompanied with water.

Appart from that, why is this in the gaming forum?
 
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I combine them together with other pills.
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Pill first then water, never really considered any other way....but I've been looking for new methods, since usually at least one of the 3 horsepillass multivitamin pills I take every morning gets stuck in the ol' gullet, and I have to hawk it back up. I live alone, so I'm pretty sure this is how I'm going to meet my demise. I will say, nothing quite kickstarts you in the morning like almost dying. If you're a little slow to get your engine started in the AM, give it a shot!
 
I thought it was common to take a small amount of water first to lubricate the esophagus then use the rest of the water to get it down.
 
slugbahr said:
But when do you take the water??
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I don't even understand what the purpose of taking the water before hand would be. Maybe if you have a particularly dry mouth/throat, but I thought it was pretty obvious that people put a pill in their mouth and swallow it with some water.

I chew a pill, take a sip of water, and swallow.
 
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Think about why to drink water when you take a pill and then thank your wife for opening your eyes to your own stupidity.
 
1. Fill glass of water
2. Put pill in mouth
3. Grab glass of water asap and drink water before it starts dissolving
 
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Pill in mouth first man. Never knew anyone who did it the other way around.
That third option tho...
 
MastAndo said:
Pill first then water, never really considered any other way....but I've been looking for new methods, since usually at least one of the 3 horsepillass multivitamin pills I take every morning gets stuck in the ol' gullet, and I have to hawk it back up. I live alone, so I'm pretty sure this is how I'm going to meet my demise. I will say, nothing quite kickstarts you in the morning like almost dying. If you're a little slow to get your engine started in the AM, give it a shot!
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Start making a morning smoothie and blitz those pills in there = super smoothie.
 
I've always found it weird that some people throw their heads back after taking a pill. I just put it in my mouth, take in some water and swallow. EVERYTHING goes down with the water.
 
I never drink liquid with pills, I don't really know why I just never have. I just pop them in and swallow immediately. It freaks my wife out for some reason. She is a nurse and is always afraid Im going to choke.
 
You are all some filthy motherfuckers. How can you put that bitter shit in your mouth for even a second? Water, then pill. No pill-tongue interaction.
 
DeafTourette said:
I've always found it weird that some people throw their heads back after taking a pill. I just put it in my mouth, take in some water and swallow. EVERYTHING goes down with the water.
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In general yes, but I was on Prednisone recently and those little white pills kept getting stuck to my gums. It took a ton of water to get them down with a mix of throwing my head back. Every other horse pill I take I don't have issues with.
 
Anyone else able to just throw back 4-5 at the same time like they're lemonheads or hot tamales? With water of course.
 
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Damage Inc said:
In general yes, but I was on Prednisone recently and those little white pills kept getting stuck to my gums. It took a ton of water to get them down with a mix of throwing my head back. Every other horse pill I take I don't have issues with.
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Curious, why were you on prednisone? If it's too personal just don't answer.
 
trikster40 said:
She thinks my way is weird. I think hers is weird. We've started asking others and turns out I'm in a very small minority by putting the pill in my mouth after the water.

How do you take your pills? Do you even need a drink to wash it down?
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Both of you are weird.

The only civilized way to take a pill is by means of suppository.
 
Water in the mouth, swish it around and right as I'm ready to swallow I throw the pill in, and it goes down with the swallowing motion.

Doing pill first guarantees your going to get some pill taste and dissolve. My way means no pill dissolving in your mouth and no taste. It's the only way I can take my thyroid meds.
 
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