Trivia, how do you take your pills?

Nexium not medium 

I take my tamoxifen at 11 am.  My great tip is I set an alarm in my mobile phone to remind me to take it.  Otherwise I would often forget.  It's only a small tablet but I find it hard to swallow it, it seems to get stuck in my mouth.  I also take medium at the same time, it goes down easily.  I always drink water wth tablets, not too much water or I might gag. 

I make up 2 weekly dosette boxs. 1for morning, 1 for night. Morning I take arimidex, 2 panadol Osteo, cattapress, Vit D & magnesium. Night I take cattapress, 2 Panadol Osteo, magnesium, caltrate & vit D. I have an alarm in my phone for 3 pm to take 2 more panadol Osteo. This seems to be working for me. Over 70 tabs weekly!

I slap mine in my mouth and grab a mouthful of water.  1 tamoxifen, 1 vit d, 1 other prescribed.  Then I brush my teeth :)

I've had to get a daily box as I have different times I need to take mine. So each day has 4 compartments and can be mobile. 

So I have captopril 1 hour before breakfast and just prior bed as has to be empty stomach. 

I have in the morning at breakfast  carbemazole for Graves disease, nexium for reflux, caltrate bone and muscle, moclebenide for depression/anxiety. 

With tea I have another moclebemide (as it works better split ) and letrozole.

Sad isn't it.  I have the box with morning dose next to my bed and set my alarm for first dose.....and I can only manage 2 tabs at a time.

Oh...somedays I need panadol osteo...but not as often now. 

I take mine of a night time. 1 x tamoxifen, 1 x Vitamin D, 1 x magnesium and a teaspoon of fenugreek seeds. Normally can get them down with 1/4 cup of water so all good.  :)

I seem to have inherited my mother's capacity to dry swallow, a tiny bit of fluid can carry a lot of pills for me. But the yoghurt trick is a favourite with nurses particularly for older patients who often have a heightened gag response. I am always a bit uncertain about taking a lot together, does fish oil for example have any effect on something else if digested at the same time? I discovered (belatedly) that one medication should not be swallowed with milk (makes it slightly harder to absorb through the stomach). Ah the joys!

Yep I'm afraid I couldn't swallow all of my pills at once. I have 5 pills to take every morning and one at night, plus a couple of supplements, so I drink a Berocca with them, it's my morning routine. I don't really like juice other than orange juice so sometimes I take them with that. So I pop the pill on the back of my tongue and swallow one pill at a time. That way I don't get the taste of the pill, unless of course it doesn't go down and swishes around my mouth

I take a Tamoxifen, Nexium, Vitamin D, Vitamin B and another mineral supplement in the mornings: I take the 3 small tablets together (if I'm feeling lucky) or individually. The Vitamin B and mineral supplement are like horse tablets - I gag simply looking at them. I take a deep breath, then breathe out, put one in my mouth and take a long sip of water, lift my chin up, look at the ceiling and swallow. Repeat.  :)

Seriously just the idea of taking multiple pills with only 1 mouthful of water makes me choke!!
I currently take Arimidex and 4 supplements (Vit B, Vit D, Krill Oil and one for my eyes called Lactritec.)
I start with a big glass of water and I congratulate myself if I don't need to refill it - currently (after 3 years of practice) have to get a refill probably only twice a week!
I am in awe of people who can take tablets without copious quantities of liquid. At least I don't have to be concerned about dehydration...