Anyone have a hard time swallowing pills/vitamins?

AmandaDutra

I recently purchased a set of GNC Women's Active vitamin packets.. includes about 6 pills in a packet. I literally CAN NOT swallow a whole pill from these packets.. they are huge and my throat will tense up and the pill will either a. get stuck in my throat b. ill throw it up or c. it pretty much refuses to even go down. Does anyone else have a problem like this? If so, how did you get around it? It's driving me CRAZY because I want to be getting all the benefits of these vitamins, etc. esp. for the $45 price tag I paid for them.


Let me also say that I try cutting them in half and sometimes in fours, and while it's slightly better.. I get so worked up taking two or three of them I cant take the rest. Thanks for any help/advice in advance!

SashThompson

I hate taking pills, sometimes i gag and they get stuck which is extremely annoying but i find it ALOT easier swallowing them with milk. Thats all the advice i have though unfortunately other than maybe find a multi-vitamin that only involves the 1 pill??

pinkyslippers

Yes I also have this problem, My way around it was that I would put a little bit of food in my mouth (say, toast or something) and chew and chew and then just as I HAVE to swallow I pop the pill in. That sounds gross but it worked for me. xx

PunkyRachel

I was goona say that too. Take it with food, like a bite of cottage cheese or something that doesn't really involve chewing.