Re: Capsules Or Tablets

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

Many of my dietary supps are loose powders where I measure their exact dosages on a precision scale. My medications/Rxs are mostly tablets and some are gel caps.

Meowingkitty · ‎06-19-2010

I'll take whichever is the smallest to take.

cheriere · ‎12-01-2023

@EastCoastGal wrote:
@Icegoddess wrote:
Gel caps go down easiest for me, followed by tablets IF they have a coating. Powder filled capsules sometimes get hung up.

@Icegoddess ... What do you mean by "...sometimes get hung up."

I can't answer for anyone else...but for myself, I have a challenge with some pills getting "hung up" or stuck in my throat. Sometimes they just keep coming back up and I have to keep trying to re-swallow. I find this to be especially true for any medication that's not coated. However, sometimes it even happens with capsules. I guess it just depends on the coating that's used. I actually had to get my prescription potassium in powder form because I was having serious problems trying to get the pills to digest...they just wouldn't. But that's a different & far more unpleasant story lol

Goldengate8361 · ‎01-27-2014

Tablets and caplets only. I hate it when a large capsule kinda sticks in your throat as you're trying to swallow it....and then you quickly grab more water and swallow to keep from choking....not a good thing.dont have that problem with tablets and caplets.

Shelbelle · ‎03-09-2010

A rock hard formula like a caplet or tablet have a longer shelf life, way beyond the printed exp date.

JeanLouiseFinch · ‎10-03-2011

After hearing Dr. Lessman explain how tablets often pass through the digestive system undisolved, I try to get my meds and supplements either in capsules or softgels.

on the bay · ‎03-09-2010

@Etoile308 wrote:
@aj1980, when I read your threads I can't help to feel as if there's a survey attached.

@Etoile308,

I have the same thoughts.

"If you walk the footsteps of a stranger, you'll learn things you never knew. Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains? can you paint with all the colors of the wind?"

Icegoddess · ‎03-19-2010

@EastCoastGal wrote:
@Icegoddess wrote:
Gel caps go down easiest for me, followed by tablets IF they have a coating. Powder filled capsules sometimes get hung up.

@Icegoddess ... What do you mean by "...sometimes get hung up."

@EastCoastGal not sure how else to say it. They get hung up in my throat or entrance to my throat. In other words, i have trouble swallowing them.

feline groovy · ‎07-29-2014

I use both.

Capsules for quicker relief, tablets so I have the option to cut it in half so as to take the lowest effective dosage.

Shelbelle · ‎03-09-2010

@JeanLouiseFinch wrote:
After hearing Dr. Lessman explain how tablets often pass through the digestive system undisolved, I try to get my meds and supplements either in capsules or softgels.

Lessman is just Andrew, not a doctor, but actually a lawyer.