Pill Coating
It is a common, everyday action that most people take for granted … we’re talking about the act of swallowing. However, swallowing food or medicines is severely difficult for a lot of people, especially those suffering from dysphagia.
Continue reading “Swallowing Disorders Impact Millions of Americans”
In one moment of one day, life changes … and not for the better. That’s the reality for 1 in 8 women in the U.S. who will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime (National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc.). In fact, it’s estimated that in 2020 more than 276,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer would be diagnosed in women in the U.S., as well as more than 48,500 new cases of non-invasive breast cancer, and that around 2,600 men would also be diagnosed. That’s thousands of Americans who now have to deal with the realities and side effects of cancer.
Continue reading “Help is Here for Breast Cancer Patients & Survivors Now Struggling to Swallow Pills”
With her body pumped full of chemo and skin burned from radiation, my mother was always the stoic and didn’t complain. I watched as she tried to be strong and take the pills needed to ease the pain and ward off infection, but she just couldn’t swallow them. It would take several tries to get them down and the look of pain on her face was excruciating. I would’ve given anything to help ease that pain, even just a little of it.
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Oh, such a bitter pill and oh, so hard to swallow.
Back in late November, I went to Miami on a work trip. Not long after I returned, I felt awful. I was so very exhausted, I had a splitting headache, I was weak with no energy, and I was having a terrible time breathing. I had no idea what was wrong. I couldn’t remember another time when I had felt that badly.
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“My son started a new prescription medication, and the first pill he took dissolved in his mouth leaving a terrible taste and a kid refusing to take his medicine,” said K.B., a mother.
Continue reading “New Way to Keep Pill Time from Turning into a Nightmare”
A recent diagnosis completely changed the way I live my life … and the side effects changed how I take my new medications.
This is my story, and while I don’t want to use my name, I do want to share how life changed for me and how I adapted. I only hope my story helps you.
Continue reading “The Side Effect of a Recently Diagnosed Disease Had Me Choking on my New Medications”
I don’t know about you, but for me, getting older is a pain … and now a pain in the throat!
Continue reading “Not Again … My Turmeric Pill is Stuck in My Throat!”
I have been a pharmacist for more than 20 years now. I would have to say the #1 question I get from parents is “how can I get my kids to take their medicine?”
Continue reading “These 10 tips will get your kids to take medicine in no time!”
