My son seems to have no trouble swallowing his pills, and he has a ton of them. However, I have a terrible time. I've found that if I bend forward to take them, it's much easier. You're forced to swallow. Try it yourself!

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My second grader just started meds last fall. He would not even attempt to swallow a pill. He would not attempt practicing on tic tacs. We tried everything...yogurt, dissolving it in a drink, I even put it in his cereal just so he could get some of it. He got to where he would refuse to eat or drink anything for breakfast because he thought there was medicine hidden in it. Then we tried the patch. The side effects were horrible. We recently started the new liquid grape flavored Methylin. It has worked wonderfully...much less side effects than the patch. Down side---it's not control released so he has to have a dose at school. This is also a plus because he has a little dip when he's actually now hungry at lunch. So he eats, then gets the mid day dose. It's been great! No more fights over pills.

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Someone (I can't remember who now) suggested that my daughter take her pills with a carbonated beverage. They said the bubbles would carry the pill right down her throat. She tried it and it worked!! She is now an adult and can usually swallow pills with no problem, but if it is a large pill, she will still get out the soda pop & take a drink to get the larger pills down. Don't know if it will help, but it might be worth a try! Good luck!

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My son had trouble getting the Adderall capsule down---it would always roll to the front of his tongue because he wasn't used to swallowing anything like that. To make it easier, I spray whipped cream (out of a can) in his mouth after he puts the capsule on his tongue. The whipped cream creates a barrier so the capsule doesn't roll out and it gives him something "definate" to swallow. Plus, he LOVES whipped cream and he always gets a kick out of having it sprayed in his mouth. Works like a charm for us. Good luck!

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my 9 year old daughter recently switched from the "patch" to strattera. we also struggled with getting her to swallow a pill. because strattera is a very bitter powder, she would gag regardless of what food we tried to mask it in. then my husband noticed that she would swallow fruit gushers whole. he had the brilliant idea of cutting open the fruit gusher and sticking the capsule inside. she now swallows her pill with no problem.

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• • have your child put the pill in his mouth and then drink a glass of water through a straw. With this method, many kids concentrate on the straw and don't think about the pill, so it goes down easily.
  • in addition to the pill, put a spoonful of applesauce, yogurt, or pudding in his mouth and then have him swallow it all together.
  • have him chew on a piece of bread or a cookie and then put the pill in his mouth just before he would swallow it
  • put the pill under your child's tongue and then have him drink a glass of water
  • have your child practice swallowing smaller things first, before moving on to a pill
  • put the pill on your child's tongue and then have him fill his mouth with water, so that his cheeks are full and puff out, and then have him swish it all around and then swallow it all

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gokartmom, im 16 and i take thoose vyvanse things 50mg daily but since u obviously dont know orange juice contains vitamin c and it says in the vyvanse manual that vitiman c is not to be mixed with vyvanse because it can reduce the amount absordbed in the body by up to 50% (so the adhd isnt treated if u make him take it with orange juice) plus you know this stuff has barley been tested and is simply put, a watered down amphetamine like methamphetamine

lisdextrafetamine is vyvanse (cute how the replace the ph with a f so it doesnt look like speed) ur kids gonna be a addict once he/she hears at school that its fun to take them and his friends find out he has them unlmt supply, so cut the shit off and put him on ritalin and force the little baby to swallow the pill

good way to know if he/she has started abusing is if ur kid comes home one day and wont stop talking or moving and has extremly dry mouth

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to all u parents with kids on vyvanse for a fair warning: as safe as u think vyvanse is compared to aderall or whatever forget it, its simply a new drug for shire because aderall expires in 09. but anyways vyvanse containes several physcoactive ingredients but the main one to focus on is dextramphetamine- a highly addictive and dangerous amphetamine, lethal in large doses

50mg of vyvanse contains 8.88872 mg of dex 100mg dex is fatal dose so if one day ur kid decides to be cute and take 13 of his vyvanse cause its supposed to be safer than aderall. either ur gonna get a call home from school saying ur kid is dead, or in the hospital with respitory failure and might die doont be dumb and give them the bottle. hand it to them everyday and watch them take it. even if ur not worried about it now, wait till they are older and remember my advice because i abuse this kind of stuff all the time and i know how dumb my friends can be about it

people die from this shit everyday, i probly will one day as much as i know about it

shire advertises that the drug will be less abused recreationally witch is true... because it will kill you if you abuse it

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My son has been on the Daytrana transdermal patch for 2 years. It has been a godsend. My son would not swallow pills without gagging. It is now a simple daily exercise. He has only had to have the patch strengthened one time over the 2 years. The only side effects we have endured are loss of appetite at lunch and for the first year the patch left a red rash after it was removed. Now, that doesn't happen anymore. We both are happier now!

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My son started on strattera this morning and could not swallow the capsule. We tried applesauce and jello. Nothing. I called his dr and she said to put his favorite flavor of frosting on the spoon and make a hole in the middle, open the capsule and fill the hole with medicine, cover medicine with more frosting. He loved it! It's a sure win.

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