Can't swallow tablets :'( Help?!

[OliveMartini]

I can't swallow my Pregnacare tablets, or even the Omega 3 capsules.

I'm SUCH a whimp...

I have a pill crusher. Is it safe to crush the Pregnacare and just chew the Omega 3?

Any suggestions?

 

[hope88]

i cant swallow pills either.i crush up my folic acid tablet and then wash it down with water shouldnt make any difference as your still putting the same amount in your body.

 

[jac33]

I had to stop taking the pregnacare as it was making me sick, I'm ok taking the folic acid as that's a small tablet

 

[OliveMartini]

It says on the box 'should not be chewed' but I can't think of a reason why not?

I might just give it a go. It's not time released or coated so I can't see it doing me/bubba any harm.

 

[Tampa]

I can totally sympathise! Though I haven't had awful ms like some on here, I've found it really hard to swallow tablets. Pregnacare are like boulders too! I have no idea about crushing them - they're usually in a particular form because of which part of the body is meant go absorb it. I think it's meant be dissolved in the stomach rather than the oesophagus, that's why you have to take it on a full stomach. Maybe if it's taken up thru the oesophagus it can damage the lining? Just a guess. If it says not to crush it, I'd take heed - i only know a wee bit about it cos i used to do some medical editing for gastrointestinal journal.

I'd go for the little folic acid tablets instead... Good luck! X

 

[x_nicola_x]

I don't take those Omega 3 capsules because when I did in my first pregnancy, it took ages to go down properly. I get all my Omega 3 & vitamins, apart from folic acid, through foods.

I also don't take those Pregnacare tablets, because in my last pregnancy, they made me REALLY depressed and stressed constantly. But when I didn't take them, I was lacking badly on iron.

Luckily this time I'm not iron deficient, and I don't need to take Pregnacare's as I get all my vitamins from food and I take B vitamins which give me enough folic acid. This pregnancy feels SO much better without those tablets, strange I know!

 

[puddycats]

i take pregnacare plus and i find the omega hard to take, i feel like they lodge in my throat and the pregnacare tabs are a little big, the only way i can take them is with a brew x

 

[OliveMartini]

Well I know I don't eat properly so I have to take some form of tablets.

I will go in to my GP today (it's literally opposite my house, how lucky lol) and see what they say.

I know there is a chewable prenatal vitamin you can get but it needs to be prescribed and I have NO idea when my first MW appointment will be.

Will keep you posted, thanks for the advice ladies.

 

[Jasa1911]

Hey Hun... I'm the worst at taking tablets so I get a mouth full of milk (can still taste them if I use water) tilt my head back, pop the tablet in and then sort of gag on it! I don't feel it go down it doesn't get stuck cuz of the milk. Sounds gross and I have to do it in private cuz my better half hates the sound lol!

Maybe something to try but works for me! Plus I couldn't stand chewing any form of tablet as the taste is just eww! Xx

 

[OliveMartini]

I'm not too fussed about the taste. I have always crushed paracetamol etc. so I am used to the nasty taste lol.

I phoned the GP to see if they can perscribe me the chewable tablets, just waiting for a phonecall back

 

[hellywelly]

ok - i am totally with you - i cannot swallow tablets whole either - not now that i am pregnant nor never before. basically the only way i can get around it as I have tablets or my sanotogen when I am having dinner - I will put food in my mouth and when it is ready to be swallowed i put the tablets in my mouth at the same time and swallow the lot (sorry for sounding so unlady like lol) - that is how i get around it - hope this helps xx

 

[OliveMartini]

That's how my mother used to make me take tablets when I was little. Probably didn't help with my issue of swallowing pills lol...

Good idea, I did try to do that again but I just can't bring myself to do it. And I get so worked up after I have done it, I end up throwing it back up!

 

[CatherineK]

Do you not have gummy prenatal vitamins available? The ones I buy here are the ontly thing I could stomach for the fist four months with my morning sickness, they were a godsend!

 

[OliveMartini]

I'm not sure where you mean by 'here' but in the UK where I'm from I can't find ANYTHING chewable.

They have normal chewable vitamins but they all have vitamin A in which apparently you aren't ment to have when you're pregnant?

They have a chewable that can be perscribed to you but I haven't had a MW appointment given to me yet so I don't know how long I will be waiting.

 

[PieMistress]

I have the same issue but I emailed Pregnacare and they said you can crush their tablets, no problem and can burst the Omega 3 capsules and take with yoghurt or food if need be (but apparantly you can buy liquid omega 3 from the chemist). All the prenatal vitamins are huge, it's rubbish!

 

[XxCalxX]

I also hate swallowing tablets, I brought the pregnacare tablets today n wasn't happy when I saw the size of them! My OH said he couldn't see why it bothered me because I swallow food bigger than tablets, I guess its just a psycological thing though! The only thing I find sort of works is taking a huge gulp of water first then putting the tablet in my mouth and swallowing