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Grasswire2

(13,571 posts) Sat Aug 3, 2019, 12:29 AM Aug 2019

How do you get down a big capsule supposed to be taken on empty stomach...

....when it gives you bad heartburn every time?

If I could take it with some yogurt, it would be easy.

But not supposed to take with food.

I tried taking half a tum before and after. Doesn't help much.

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How do you get down a big capsule supposed to be taken on empty stomach... (Original Post) Grasswire2 Aug 2019 OP

More than 1 'tum,' not 1/2. elleng Aug 2019 #1

I take all meds with a squirt or two of applesauce from one of those little pouches. rwheeler31 Aug 2019 #2

Talk to a pharmacist. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2019 #3

Pill pains Fyrefox Aug 2019 #4

I'm not on any medication, but even taking multi-vitamins WITH food upsets my stomach hlthe2b Aug 2019 #5

elleng

(131,056 posts)

1. More than 1 'tum,' not 1/2.

Reply to Grasswire2 (Original post)

Sat Aug 3, 2019, 12:34 AM

Aug 2019

rwheeler31

(6,242 posts)

2. I take all meds with a squirt or two of applesauce from one of those little pouches.

Reply to Grasswire2 (Original post)

Sat Aug 3, 2019, 01:01 AM

Aug 2019

Can you get the med in another form, check with the pharmacy.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,873 posts)

3. Talk to a pharmacist.

Reply to Grasswire2 (Original post)

Sat Aug 3, 2019, 01:12 AM

Aug 2019

They are usually pretty knowledgeable about these things.

Or talk to whoever prescribed the pill and see if there's an alternative.

Fyrefox

(300 posts)

4. Pill pains

Reply to Grasswire2 (Original post)

Sat Aug 3, 2019, 05:46 AM

Aug 2019

No answers, but sympathy. I usually feel good until I take my meds, after which time the heartburn begins. An Ancient Greek philosopher once wrote, "I see the cure is not worth the pain."

hlthe2b

(102,331 posts)

5. I'm not on any medication, but even taking multi-vitamins WITH food upsets my stomach