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[–] [email protected] 66 points 2 months ago (26 children)

No. Mouth full of drink as if going to gargle. Tilt head back, open mouth, drop in pill(s), IMMEDIATELY swallow, AND chase with more drink.

Dear god, its like some people want to taste our crimes against nature.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Tilting your head down can actually help with swallowing by a lot.

Insert pill. Put liquid in mouth. Tilt chin down. Swallow.

Source: have dysphagia, can only swallow pills and other hard substances by tilting head down

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

It varies a lot from person to person. The only way I was able to learn to swallow pills at first was to deliberately swallow air, like you do if you want to make yourself burp. Head forward? Head back? Both interfered.

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