Not that I would want to actually have to prove it, but I believe my gag reflex can out-gag 'em all. Pills are a particular bane. Well, bills are too, but that's another story.

So the other day, when I was getting over a little inflammation by taking a bunch of different pills, I tried something I'd never tried before. I made a breakfast smoothie (milk, ice, banana, protein powder, that sort of thing) and swallowed them with the smoothie. Never even knew I was swallowing them. Why? The coldness was surely a factor. But the biggest reason was that one's throat just opens wider to accommodate the thicker liquid, so there is plenty of room for the pill to zip on past whatever it usually gets hung up on. (Mine seem to hang on to my uvula for dear life. I honestly think they grow little arms and hands and grab hold, and if I weren't so busy gagging I would hear them -- the pills, that is -- crying out to be saved from gastric doom.)

But I digress. There are other things that work as well, I have since discovered. A cold SlimFast, or some other thick nutritional drink in a can is just fine. A chocolate malt comes to mind, though I have reluctantly forsworn them. Something tells me a Slushie or the equivalent would work. Maybe a Hurricane or frozen daiquiri...

As always, YMMV.

omg, stop being a pansy.

omg, stop being a pansy.

The bitter part tasting buds is actually at the back part of the tongue. If you need to swallow pills, put them on the tip of your tongue, where the sweet/sour tasting bud is located. That'll solve the problem.

I've never had any problems taking pills and I take quite a few daily. I just pop them all into my mouth and follow with some water. All gone.

If it's on pill, I don't even need water. It just goes right down.

Interesting, though, I can guzzle drinks with no problem. The problem is that I never have the patience to sip drinks.

Hey, thanks. I take tons of pills and that might help. I'll try it tonight. I usually manage to get them down, but sometimes they get stuck. :-)

thanks for the tip. i also have problems swallowing pills. =/

i do that trick with the gel covered pills but it doesn't work with the other ones.

i hate swallowing pills!!.. i didn't know it was a gag reflect thang... i'll have to try that!!..