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Poor gag reflex

Ever since I was a teen ( Now 38 ) , I have never been able to take a pill unless putting food in my mouth first. If I didn't , I would gag, cough it up or ( a couple of times ) come flying out my nose. LOL  I have read in some forums or medical pages about ms and swallowing problems, but does this sound like it or am I just someone that cannot take a pill with out tricking myself that its just food. ha ha ha

thanks Pamela
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Some people cannot swallow pills. I am one of them. So I take liquid B vitamins, add liquid trace minerals to my water and, for everything else, I buy capsules, open them and drop the powder into my mouth. People rag on me and give me all sorts of tips on how to swallow pills. I don't pay any attention, By the way, there are a considerable number of deaths every year related to choking on pills. Well, that is one killer that won't get me.
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thanks Mary for your response. And yes,, that does seem to be my only swallowing difficulty at this time. :)

Pamela
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I'm not sure my own problems are linked to my MS.  I don't have huge problems but when symptoms surface they center around choking easily on liquids I'm drinking or not getting my spit down the right passage and having my trachea throw a fit about it.  I'm more aware of handling small portions, chewing completely and how I hold my head position during meals so I don't have a lot of problems then.  It's when I'm trying to talk and snack at the same time or not paying attention that I cough and choke.

I don't know that your pill swallowing difficulties are a good measure since most of us learn that process by trial and error (emphasis on error) and make it a much more complex event than normal food swallowing.  We seem to think it will require a different process than other swallowing or want one in order to avoid bad tastes or dry meds that stick.  Pills are the only swallowing difficulty?  Alleluia!

Mary

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