I find it very odd that medications and supplements made specifically to reach the older generation are the size of horse pills.
In the photo, notice the Tylenol at the bottom. Tylenol is usually easy to swallow; I included it for comparison purposes. It's fairly small and it slips right down your throat with a generous gulp of water. Sometimes I can take the Tylenol along with several other smaller pills.
The next pill is a vitamin made and sold specifically for those who are older. I rarely have trouble swallowing pills, but I have to admit I occasionally have to take a couple extra-large gulps of water to get that one down.
The next one is Omega 3 and since it is a gel capsule, it usually goes down the throat fairly easily.
The top one is a Vitamin C pill. It sometimes requires a couple good gulps of water to go down.
You might be right in pointing out that none of these pills are prescription medicines, so I choose to take them, not "what the doctor ordered." You would also be correct in suggesting the multi-vitamin and the Vitamin C could be cut in half. However, one of the more difficult pills I have to swallow is a small prescription medication that I break in half and take one half in the morning, the other in the evening. The sharp edges left from breaking it in half often scratch all the way down my throat.
I imagine some of the pills are available in different forms - gel caps, maybe even liquids. In the grander scheme of things in life, this problem would probably rank a two or three on a scale of one to ten.
It just seems odd that any pills specifically marketed to those age 60 and older would be big enough to choke a horse.
The next pill is a vitamin made and sold specifically for those who are older. I rarely have trouble swallowing pills, but I have to admit I occasionally have to take a couple extra-large gulps of water to get that one down.
The next one is Omega 3 and since it is a gel capsule, it usually goes down the throat fairly easily.
The top one is a Vitamin C pill. It sometimes requires a couple good gulps of water to go down.
You might be right in pointing out that none of these pills are prescription medicines, so I choose to take them, not "what the doctor ordered." You would also be correct in suggesting the multi-vitamin and the Vitamin C could be cut in half. However, one of the more difficult pills I have to swallow is a small prescription medication that I break in half and take one half in the morning, the other in the evening. The sharp edges left from breaking it in half often scratch all the way down my throat.
I imagine some of the pills are available in different forms - gel caps, maybe even liquids. In the grander scheme of things in life, this problem would probably rank a two or three on a scale of one to ten.
It just seems odd that any pills specifically marketed to those age 60 and older would be big enough to choke a horse.
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