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Why is a tablet containing only 200mg of its intended ingredient (plus bulking/anti-caking/glazing agents) the size of a small house-brick?
It molishes them hard to swallow ...
Andy Burns wrote:Well they'm a lot smaller and I tend to buy the rounded capsules, this
Why is a tablet containing only 200mg of its intended ingredient (plusbulking/anti-caking/glazing agents) the size of a small house-brick?
It molishes them hard to swallow ...
Sometimes that is exactly the point. Especially with drugs like
paracetamol.
Why is a tablet containing only 200mg of its intended ingredient (plus bulking/anti-caking/glazing agents) the size of a small house-brick?
It molishes them hard to swallow ...
On 14/08/2025 14:17, Andy Burns wrote:
Why is a tablet containing only 200mg of its intended ingredient (plus
bulking/anti-caking/glazing agents) the size of a small house-brick?
It molishes them hard to swallow ...
In the evening, I have to take two mahoosive metformin tablets and one >teeny-tiny flecainide one. Guess which is hardest to swallow?
On 14/08/2025 14:17, Andy Burns wrote:
Why is a tablet containing only 200mg of its intended ingredient (plus
bulking/anti-caking/glazing agents) the size of a small house-brick?
It molishes them hard to swallow ...
In the evening, I have to take two mahoosive metformin tablets and one teeny-tiny flecainide one. Guess which is hardest to swallow?
On 2025-08-14, Mike Fleming wrote:
On 14/08/2025 14:17, Andy Burns wrote:
Why is a tablet containing only 200mg of its intended ingredient (plus
bulking/anti-caking/glazing agents) the size of a small house-brick?
It molishes them hard to swallow ...
In the evening, I have to take two mahoosive metformin tablets and one
teeny-tiny flecainide one. Guess which is hardest to swallow?
When I was about 12 I have a long stay in hospital and had many tablets, one of
the nurses "encouraged" me to just tip the pot of tablets in and drink until >they had gone. I did struggle a bit at first but it has helped for the rest of >my life, I can chug tablets without a thought now.
In article <slrn109v015.3b5m.SimonJ@silex.localdomain>, Simon
<SimonJ@eu.invalid> on Fri, 15 Aug 2025 at 18:44:53 awoke Nicholas from
his slumbers and wrote
On 2025-08-14, Mike Fleming wrote:
On 14/08/2025 14:17, Andy Burns wrote:
Why is a tablet containing only 200mg of its intended ingredient (plus >>>> bulking/anti-caking/glazing agents) the size of a small house-brick?
It molishes them hard to swallow ...
In the evening, I have to take two mahoosive metformin tablets and one
teeny-tiny flecainide one. Guess which is hardest to swallow?
When I was about 12 I have a long stay in hospital and had many tablets, one of
the nurses "encouraged" me to just tip the pot of tablets in and drink until >>they had gone. I did struggle a bit at first but it has helped for the rest of
my life, I can chug tablets without a thought now.
Before I was put on Rabeprazole (a PPI), I had trouble swallowing
anything solid. A paracetamol could be shear agony due to the inflamed strictures in my oesophagus, now I can swallow quite a large number in
one go.
On 2025-08-15, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
In article <slrn109v015.3b5m.SimonJ@silex.localdomain>, Simon >><SimonJ@eu.invalid> on Fri, 15 Aug 2025 at 18:44:53 awoke Nicholas fromof
his slumbers and wrote
On 2025-08-14, Mike Fleming wrote:
On 14/08/2025 14:17, Andy Burns wrote:
Why is a tablet containing only 200mg of its intended ingredient (plus >>>>> bulking/anti-caking/glazing agents) the size of a small house-brick? >>>>>
It molishes them hard to swallow ...
In the evening, I have to take two mahoosive metformin tablets and one >>>> teeny-tiny flecainide one. Guess which is hardest to swallow?
When I was about 12 I have a long stay in hospital and had many tablets, one
the nurses "encouraged" me to just tip the pot of tablets in and drink until >>>they had gone. I did struggle a bit at first but it has helped for the rest of
my life, I can chug tablets without a thought now.
Before I was put on Rabeprazole (a PPI), I had trouble swallowing
anything solid. A paracetamol could be shear agony due to the inflamed
strictures in my oesophagus, now I can swallow quite a large number in
one go.
Was there not something in liquid form? I thought I remember having something >syrup like that did a similar job, but maybe I am just confused.
In article <slrn10a089e.1ato.SimonJ@silex.localdomain>, Simon
<SimonJ@eu.invalid> on Sat, 16 Aug 2025 at 06:11:58 awoke Nicholas from
his slumbers and wrote
On 2025-08-15, Nicholas D. Richards wrote:
In article <slrn109v015.3b5m.SimonJ@silex.localdomain>, Simon >>><SimonJ@eu.invalid> on Fri, 15 Aug 2025 at 18:44:53 awoke Nicholas fromof
his slumbers and wrote
On 2025-08-14, Mike Fleming wrote:
On 14/08/2025 14:17, Andy Burns wrote:
Why is a tablet containing only 200mg of its intended ingredient (plus >>>>>> bulking/anti-caking/glazing agents) the size of a small house-brick? >>>>>>
It molishes them hard to swallow ...
In the evening, I have to take two mahoosive metformin tablets and one >>>>> teeny-tiny flecainide one. Guess which is hardest to swallow?
When I was about 12 I have a long stay in hospital and had many tablets, one
the nurses "encouraged" me to just tip the pot of tablets in and drink until
they had gone. I did struggle a bit at first but it has helped for the rest of
my life, I can chug tablets without a thought now.
Before I was put on Rabeprazole (a PPI), I had trouble swallowing
anything solid. A paracetamol could be shear agony due to the inflamed
strictures in my oesophagus, now I can swallow quite a large number in
one go.
Was there not something in liquid form? I thought I remember having something >>syrup like that did a similar job, but maybe I am just confused.
Certainly not Rabeprazole which is small tablet, to be taken first thing
on waking, with a glass of water and at least half an hour before
eating. It should be taken out of its sealed strip just before taking
and must not be sucked or chewed. When I first started taking it, it
was delivered with each seven day strip in separate sealed foil pack.
I believe that there are some PPIs that can come as a syrup and the same
for some H2- receptor antagonists, that work differently to PPIs but
have a similar effect, from the patients' point of view.
I suppose if there no other way it has to be, it's a shame though if it causes
pain to just take the medicine.
On Sun, 17 Aug 2025 05:45:58 -0000 (UTC), Simon <SimonJ@eu.invalid> wrote:
I suppose if there no other way it has to be, it's a shame though if it causes
pain to just take the medicine.
You could chop up the tablets:
On 18/08/2025 12:09, Julian Macassey wrote:
On Sun, 17 Aug 2025 05:45:58 -0000 (UTC), Simon <SimonJ@eu.invalid> wrote: >>>A lot of tablets (including my main diabetic one) do not allow that, as
I suppose if there no other way it has to be, it's a shame though if it >causes
pain to just take the medicine.
You could chop up the tablets:
they are coated to slow the action down until they get somewhere useful,
and if you split them, they act in the wrong place.
On 18/08/2025 12:09, Julian Macassey wrote:
On Sun, 17 Aug 2025 05:45:58 -0000 (UTC), Simon <SimonJ@eu.invalid> wrote: >>>A lot of tablets (including my main diabetic one) do not allow that, as
I suppose if there no other way it has to be, it's a shame though if it causes
pain to just take the medicine.
You could chop up the tablets:
they are coated to slow the action down until they get somewhere useful,
and if you split them, they act in the wrong place.
In article <mggggtF8s7mU1@mid.individual.net>, John Williamson
<johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> on Mon, 18 Aug 2025 at 12:18:52 awoke
Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
On 18/08/2025 12:09, Julian Macassey wrote:
On Sun, 17 Aug 2025 05:45:58 -0000 (UTC), Simon <SimonJ@eu.invalid> wrote: >>>>A lot of tablets (including my main diabetic one) do not allow that, as >>they are coated to slow the action down until they get somewhere useful, >>and if you split them, they act in the wrong place.
I suppose if there no other way it has to be, it's a shame though if it >>causes
pain to just take the medicine.
You could chop up the tablets:
Acting in the wrong place might cause a hole in that wrong place. Additionally some medicines taste even more foul than the average
medicine and might be quite impossible to swallow without its protective coating.
When I was about 12 I was switched from Tixilix (sp) cough syrup to an adult one. The child version was a lovely flavour, the adult one, not so much. :-(
Simon <SimonJ@eu.invalid> wrote:
When I was about 12 I was switched from Tixilix (sp) cough syrup to an adult >> one. The child version was a lovely flavour, the adult one, not so much. :-(
That puts me in mind of 'bananana jollop' medicine for kids.
On 2025-08-18, Sn!pe wrote:
Simon <SimonJ@eu.invalid> wrote:
When I was about 12 I was switched from Tixilix (sp) cough syrup to an
adult one. The child version was a lovely flavour, the adult one, not
so much. :-(
That puts me in mind of 'bananana jollop' medicine for kids.
I have no idea what that is, I Googled it and it also had no idea. :-(
On 2025-08-18, Sn!pe wrote:
That puts me in mind of 'bananana jollop' medicine for kids.
I have no idea what that is, I Googled it and it also had no idea. :-(
On 18/08/2025 12:09, Julian Macassey wrote:
On Sun, 17 Aug 2025 05:45:58 -0000 (UTC), Simon <SimonJ@eu.invalid>A lot of tablets (including my main diabetic one) do not allow that, as
wrote:
I suppose if there no other way it has to be, it's a shame though if
it causes
pain to just take the medicine.
-a-a-a-aYou could chop up the tablets:
they are coated to slow the action down until they get somewhere useful,
and if you split them, they act in the wrong place.
On 18/08/2025 12:09, Julian Macassey wrote:
On Sun, 17 Aug 2025 05:45:58 -0000 (UTC), Simon <SimonJ@eu.invalid>A lot of tablets (including my main diabetic one) do not allow that, as
wrote:
I suppose if there no other way it has to be, it's a shame though if
it causes
pain to just take the medicine.
-a-a-a-aYou could chop up the tablets:
they are coated to slow the action down until they get somewhere useful,
and if you split them, they act in the wrong place.
Simon <SimonJ@eu.invalid> wrote:
On 2025-08-18, Sn!pe wrote:
Simon <SimonJ@eu.invalid> wrote:
When I was about 12 I was switched from Tixilix (sp) cough syrup to an
adult one. The child version was a lovely flavour, the adult one, not
so much. :-(
That puts me in mind of 'bananana jollop' medicine for kids.
I have no idea what that is, I Googled it and it also had no idea. :-(
It's just jollop with bananana flavour
to mask the nasty taste of the medicine.
<http://www.worldwidewords.org/ww-jol1.html>
On 18/08/2025 18:24, Simon wrote:
On 2025-08-18, Sn!pe wrote:Old UK slang. Jollop was strong drink or medicine. At the time, many medicines were btter and/or astringent, (If it wasn't bitter or
That puts me in mind of 'bananana jollop' medicine for kids.
I have no idea what that is, I Googled it and it also had no idea. :-(
astringent, it wasn't doing you any good) so children did not like them. Adding banana flavour took the edge off, so children would swallow it.
On 18/08/2025 18:24, Simon wrote:
On 2025-08-18, Sn!pe wrote:Old UK slang. Jollop was strong drink or medicine. At the time, many medicines were btter and/or astringent, (If it wasn't bitter or
That puts me in mind of 'bananana jollop' medicine for kids.
I have no idea what that is, I Googled it and it also had no idea. :-(
astringent, it wasn't doing you any good) so children did not like them. Adding banana flavour took the edge off, so children would swallow it.
On 18/08/2025 18:39, John Williamson wrote:
On 18/08/2025 18:24, Simon wrote:
On 2025-08-18, Sn!pe wrote:
That puts me in mind of 'bananana jollop' medicine for kids.
I have no idea what that is, I Googled it and it also had no idea. :-(
Old UK slang. Jollop was strong drink or medicine. At the time, many medicines were btter and/or astringent, (If it wasn't bitter or astringent, it wasn't doing you any good) so children did not like them. Adding banana flavour took the edge off, so children would swallow it.
That reminds me. My parents spoon-fed me daily on milk of magnesia
and olive oil. One in't morning and one in't evening.
I didn't get any banana jollop either. If I pulled a face I was told not
to be a sissy! In fact I quite liked the olive oil. Not milk of magnesia though. Yuk!
Not sure what either were for, but because of them, or despite them,
I'm still 'ere, 83 and 1/2.
Hymermut <tone@email.com> wrote:
On 18/08/2025 18:39, John Williamson wrote:
On 18/08/2025 18:24, Simon wrote:
On 2025-08-18, Sn!pe wrote:
That puts me in mind of 'bananana jollop' medicine for kids.
I have no idea what that is, I Googled it and it also had no idea. :-( >>>>
Old UK slang. Jollop was strong drink or medicine. At the time, many
medicines were btter and/or astringent, (If it wasn't bitter or
astringent, it wasn't doing you any good) so children did not like them. >>> Adding banana flavour took the edge off, so children would swallow it.
That reminds me. My parents spoon-fed me daily on milk of magnesia
and olive oil. One in't morning and one in't evening.
I didn't get any banana jollop either. If I pulled a face I was told not
to be a sissy! In fact I quite liked the olive oil. Not milk of magnesia
though. Yuk!
Not sure what either were for, but because of them, or despite them,
I'm still 'ere, 83 and 1/2.
We got a spoonful of cod liver oil and malt and another of 'Delrosa'
rose hip syrup daily. I still like the taste of cod liver oil today, sometimes I'll bite my daily capsule to let the flavour flood out.
On 18/08/2025 18:24, Simon wrote:
On 2025-08-18, Sn!pe wrote:Old UK slang. Jollop was strong drink or medicine. At the time, many >medicines were btter and/or astringent, (If it wasn't bitter or
That puts me in mind of 'bananana jollop' medicine for kids.
I have no idea what that is, I Googled it and it also had no idea. :-(
astringent, it wasn't doing you any good) so children did not like them. >Adding banana flavour took the edge off, so children would swallow it.
On 18/08/2025 12:18, John Williamson wrote:
On 18/08/2025 12:09, Julian Macassey wrote:
On Sun, 17 Aug 2025 05:45:58 -0000 (UTC), Simon <SimonJ@eu.invalid>A lot of tablets (including my main diabetic one) do not allow that,
wrote:
I suppose if there no other way it has to be, it's a shame though if
it causes
pain to just take the medicine.
-a-a-a-aYou could chop up the tablets:
as they are coated to slow the action down until they get somewhere
useful, and if you split them, they act in the wrong place.
Some (Statins for example) are coated because the drug is horribly ,and
the coating there to get it past your tastebuds.
On 18/08/2025 18:39, John Williamson wrote:
On 18/08/2025 18:24, Simon wrote:
On 2025-08-18, Sn!pe wrote:Old UK slang. Jollop was strong drink or medicine. At the time, many
That puts me in mind of 'bananana jollop' medicine for kids.
I have no idea what that is, I Googled it and it also had no idea. :-(
medicines were btter and/or astringent, (If it wasn't bitter or
astringent, it wasn't doing you any good) so children did not like them.
Adding banana flavour took the edge off, so children would swallow it.
That reminds me. My parents spoon-fed me daily on milk of magnesia and
olive oil. One in't morning and one in't evening.
I didn't get any banana jollop either. If I pulled a face I was told not
to be a sissy! In fact I quite liked the olive oil. Not milk of magnesia >though. Yuk!
Not sure what either were for, but because of them, or despite them, I'm >still 'ere, 83 and 1/2.
We got a spoonful of cod liver oil
and malt and another of 'Delrosa'
rose hip syrup daily. I still like the taste of cod liver oil today, sometimes I'll bite my daily capsule to let the flavour flood out.
On 19/08/2025 00:01, Sn!pe wrote:
We got a spoonful of cod liver oil and malt and another of 'Delrosa'
rose hip syrup daily. I still like the taste of cod liver oil today,
sometimes I'll bite my daily capsule to let the flavour flood out.
That was it. Memory glitch. It was cod liver oil, not olive oil.
On 18/08/2025 18:24, Simon wrote:
On 2025-08-18, Sn!pe wrote:Old UK slang. Jollop was strong drink or medicine. At the time, many medicines were btter and/or astringent, (If it wasn't bitter or
That puts me in mind of 'bananana jollop' medicine for kids.
I have no idea what that is, I Googled it and it also had no idea. :-(
astringent, it wasn't doing you any good) so children did not like them. Adding banana flavour took the edge off, so children would swallow it.
On 2025-08-14, Mike Fleming wrote:
On 14/08/2025 14:17, Andy Burns wrote:
Why is a tablet containing only 200mg of its intended ingredient (plus
bulking/anti-caking/glazing agents) the size of a small house-brick?
It molishes them hard to swallow ...
In the evening, I have to take two mahoosive metformin tablets and one
teeny-tiny flecainide one. Guess which is hardest to swallow?
When I was about 12 I have a long stay in hospital and had many tablets, one of
the nurses "encouraged" me to just tip the pot of tablets in and drink until they had gone. I did struggle a bit at first but it has helped for the rest of
my life, I can chug tablets without a thought now.
We got a spoonful of cod liver oil and malt and another of 'Delrosa'
rose hip syrup daily. I still like the taste of cod liver oil today, sometimes I'll bite my daily capsule to let the flavour flood out.
Certainly not Rabeprazole which is small tablet, to be taken first thing
on waking, with a glass of water and at least half an hour before
eating. It should be taken out of its sealed strip just before taking
and must not be sucked or chewed. When I first started taking it, it
was delivered with each seven day strip in separate sealed foil pack.
I believe that there are some PPIs that can come as a syrup and the same
for some H2- receptor antagonists, that work differently to PPIs but
have a similar effect, from the patients' point of view.
In article <10809u1$3de9r$2@dont-email.me>, Hymermut <tone@email.com>
on Mon, 18 Aug 2025 at 23:36:47 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and
wrote
On 18/08/2025 18:39, John Williamson wrote:At school the other kids used to line up for a spoonful of codliver oil fpllowed up with spoonful of National Health Orange concentrated orange juice. I was already showing signs of fish allergy, so I was not
On 18/08/2025 18:24, Simon wrote:
On 2025-08-18, Sn!pe wrote:Old UK slang. Jollop was strong drink or medicine. At the time, many
That puts me in mind of 'bananana jollop' medicine for kids.
I have no idea what that is, I Googled it and it also had no idea. :-( >>>>
medicines were btter and/or astringent, (If it wasn't bitter or
astringent, it wasn't doing you any good) so children did not like them. >>> Adding banana flavour took the edge off, so children would swallow it.
That reminds me. My parents spoon-fed me daily on milk of magnesia and
olive oil. One in't morning and one in't evening.
I didn't get any banana jollop either. If I pulled a face I was told not
to be a sissy! In fact I quite liked the olive oil. Not milk of magnesia
though. Yuk!
Not sure what either were for, but because of them, or despite them, I'm
still 'ere, 83 and 1/2.
allowed the orange juice.
On Tue, 19 Aug 2025 00:01:03 +0100, Sn!pe <snipeco.2@gmail.com> wrote:
We got a spoonful of cod liver oil and malt and another of 'Delrosa'
rose hip syrup daily. I still like the taste of cod liver oil today,
sometimes I'll bite my daily capsule to let the flavour flood out.
The Danes and Norwegians like cod liver as a meal.
https://norwegianfoodstore.com/products/king-oscar-cod-liver-torske-lever-121-gram
On Sun, 17 Aug 2025 05:45:58 -0000 (UTC), Simon <SimonJ@eu.invalid> wrote:
I suppose if there no other way it has to be, it's a shame though if it causes
pain to just take the medicine.
You could chop up the tablets:
https://uk.bestreviews.guide/pill-cutters
On 2025-08-18, Julian Macassey <julian@n6are.com> wrote:
On Sun, 17 Aug 2025 05:45:58 -0000 (UTC), Simon <SimonJ@eu.invalid> wrote: >>>
I suppose if there no other way it has to be, it's a shame though if it >causes
pain to just take the medicine.
You could chop up the tablets:
https://uk.bestreviews.guide/pill-cutters
Best to check with a pharmacist before doing that. The rule of thumb is that >if the pill has a score-line it's OK to cut or chew it. Or check with 111.
In article <mgucqsFj1mtU1@mid.individual.net>, John Williamson <johnwilliamson@btinternet.com> on Sat, 23 Aug 2025 at 18:41:47 awoke Nicholas from his slumbers and wrote
On 23/08/2025 17:36, Chris Elvidge wrote:I would only add that I believe that it will work in a phone without a working SIM card. I am open to correction.
No. 112 is the standard emergency number for GSM, integrated throughoutOn any cellphone, if you dial your own local emergency number, that will
the GSM regions. In the UK like 999. Other countries have different
emergency numbers, but 112 is (supposed to be) universal.
connect to the emergency services in any country. What actually happens
is that the phone transmits a code which *all* ISP's recognise as an
emergency call, which overrides and cuts off routine calls if the
network is too busy. It also overrides any low voltage cut off the maker
has installed in the battery management, so you can get at the last few
minutes you are normally prevented from using. If you are in your home
country, so are normally locked to your ISP, irrespective of which ISP
you are with, it uses the strongest base station signal it can find, so
your call will go through if *any* ISP has any detectable signal.
It really is a very clever piece of work.
In article <slrn10ajnvi.4e8.SimonJ@silex.localdomain>, Simon
<SimonJ@eu.invalid> on Sat, 23 Aug 2025 at 15:36:18 awoke Nicholas from
his slumbers and wrote
On 2025-08-23, Andy Burns wrote:
Simon wrote:
What is 111?
A non-emergency phone number for the NHS to take pressure off A&E or 999 >>>
<https://111.nhs.uk>
Ah, OK, thank you, we have 112 which does the same thing, I should have >>connected them. :-)
It is not an emergency number, it is an advice line, partially manned by script readers and as a back up by consultant nurses (I believe)
I have used it once, when my pre-teenage son had an excruciating pain in
a testicle. They advised me to get him to hospital sharpish.