I have trouble swallowing pills, but i need to take sleeping pills for a trip im taking?

Question

can i cut a gel sleeping pill open and put it in my water, i absolutely cant swallow pills. please help!

Answer 1

I can't swallow pills either, but I always get the solid ones that you can cut up.  Hey, you can try it, but it may taste real nasty.  Poke  a hole in it and put it in juice instead of water.

Good luck!

Answer 2

a trip??  don t fall......

apple sauce.////yogurt.....jello//////

a double malted//////////  a smmothie,   rice pudding

tapioca puddiong

sweet cream ice cream

lard

tofu

honey

sherbert

Answer 3

have you tried putting it in applesauce or pudding?  That usually helps.

Answer 4

i used to have this problem. you probably arent leaning youre head back. lean youre head back and swallow the water.

Answer 5

i hate it too but i take them when i have to. when i was younger i used to crush them up and put them in honey to take away the bitter taste. and so there weren't huge chunks to swallow. you can even spread it on toast after if it takes your fancy =)

Answer 6

Only if they are not time released, like many are.  You have to check on that first.  If not then yes, you can put them in water etc.  You can also try melatonin over the counter in the supplement isle for sleep that is sublingual...it melts under your tongue.  Just look for "sublingual".

Answer 7

Don't do that.  It will taste horrible.

Instead, get a pill crusher.  Crush the pill and put it in a teaspoon of applesauce (like they do with the old folk, lol).  And yeah, if you are talking about the drugs like ambien, you can do that.

Unless, of course you use a time released sleeping pill like ambien CR.  Crushing it will ruin the time release aspect of the pill.