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Old 06-24-2010, 07:19 AM   #2760
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Does anyone have any good tips for helping children learn to swallow pills?

I have a 12 year old son who could wolf down half a hamburger without chewing, but when it comes to swallowing medicine he gets a hyperactive gag reflex and can't get the pill down.

Since he's on a 3 week course of antibiotics right now, this is a bit of

The most successful thing so far is putting the pill inside a smallish bite of banana, which he can then kind of mush around in his mouth and swallow...but it's still problematic.

Any advice or tricks would be most appreciated!
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