I would also like any ideas someone might have as my 19yr old has not been able to swallow any meds larger than 1/2 a green pea. She gets her meds in liquid form now, and stopped her ADD meds when she as 16. Thank you Elizabeth

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We practiced with mini-M&Ms. We kept working with those until our son was able to completely swallow it. Now he takes his meds like a champ!

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Well, we got success with the most bizarre solution.......Spaghetti Sauce! After lining up the whip cream, jello and other suggestions I got online and having failed, my husband reached for the marinara sauce our son loves and down it went. After breakfast I now give his med in a tablespoon of warm marinara........odd no doubt but it worked for us.

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When I was younger, my parents used to hide my pills in CoolWhip (thicker consistency than real whip cream). It was a yummy treat and I was able to take medicines in pill form. The key is to swallow the entire spoonful in one gulp. Good luck!

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This is a method I read somewhere years ago, tried it on my then 4, yes 4, year old daughter with her allergy medication. Have the child put the pill on the middle of his/her tongue, then drink a Capri Sun as fast as possible. Sucking through that tiny straw forces the pill right down the throat! With my kiddo, after a few weeks of this, we "graduated" to a normal sized drinking straw and water. After a few weeks with that, we tried just a glass of water, drinking it normally, and she was able to swallow the pill perfectly! Fast forward to age 8 1/2 and I am so thankful she can swallow her newly prescribed Ritalin with only a Dixie cup of water, without any issues!

I've had ADULT friends that have seen her take her meds and ask how I got her to do that, that they have issues swallowing pills themselves! After I told them, they've tried it and they can now swallow pills with ease.

I hope this method works for you! Best of luck! :)

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We switched back to metadate from a trial of the daytrana patch. The main reason for trying the patch was because of the swallowing pill issues but decided daytrana was worse. Out of desperation I offered him a quarter to try and swallow the pill and to both of our surprise he did it. I should probably switch to some kind of marble system so he doesn't lose the quarters and pester me to death to take him to buy legos.

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My daughter will not swallow her Strattera. We have to open it up and put it in juice. Some medications can be crush or opened check with the pharamacist first. I have on a couple of occasion found it hard to get the Strattera down myself (personally I think it was the bubbles from the diet coke... maybe water would have been better choice). Mainly I have come to the conclusion that not being able to swallow is all in my daughter's ADHD head. She has no problem with food or candy certainly these are larger than the pill she is asked to take but like most ADD/ADHDers once it is in your head you can't/won't/or will not do it there is no getting past the avoidance. So if you can't go through it or under it ...go round...

* Thank God we got over the can't pee in the big potty thing...

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