Why do people sometimes have difficulty swallowing pills?
Indeed difficulty swallowing is not all in you head for everyone. While some people may have a mental block, dysphagia is indeed a condition that many people suffer from. My wife had a very tough time taking her prenatal vitamins and I could not believe that their was not an easier way to take these supplements. Liquid vitamins are one solution but I have worked in the pharmaceutical business for many years and know first hand that liquid vitamins tend to degrade (break down) much faster than vitamins in tablets or pills. This is due to a number of reasons but oxidative degradation is the main culprit. Alas we have found a solution, during my quest to see if a product existed I stumbled upon http://www.ezmeltvitamins.com/ this site has a variety of vitamins that melt in your mouth. They call them EZ Melt tablets, the vitamins are stable as they are in most tablets but they are also easy to take because they melt in your mouth, hooray for science.
“The fact is your throat is one part of your body, so it operates as part of a complex system. If you’re tense about pill swallowing, that tension will most certainly surface when you try to swallow a pill. While it may seem as if you have an extraordinarily strong gag reflex or odd throat mannerisms, consider that it may actually be the power of your mind, not the power of your throat. Or, perhaps not being able to swallow tablets has something to do with a past event? Did you choke on a peach pit many years ago? Has a school nurse with dirty hands forced you to take a pill? Subconsciously, you may be dealing with issues such as these every time you try to swallow an aspirin or vitamin. Fear of choking, fear of medicine, or general anxiety may be preventing you from swallowing pills. If you think these mental factors are to blame, you might consider talking with a counselor. While it seems unlikely, the possibility of a greater medical issue does exist. The medical term for difficulty
