Pill Swallowing Cup

I bought this product because of my difficulty swallowing pills. It was initially frustrating as I was only able to successfully swallow a small percentage of my pills using this cup. I realized that only using it when I needed to take pills was a recipe for disaster as the stress of that situation would not allow me to get sufficiently relaxed for me to actually get used to the process. Instead, I began to practice using small candies and even though it took several months of daily work, I am now basically one hundred percent successful in swallowing pills using the cup.My takeaway is that it is not an instant fix and it will not work for everyone, but I think that it can be a useful aid for those willing and able to practice. Obviously, practice may not make the cup work for everyone, but it worked for me. At this price, it is worth trying if you have difficulty swallowing pills.

I've always had problems swallowing pills. But I have a couple of medical conditions and I'm on a pill I have to swallow whole. I'm not afraid to swallow pills whole, I can do it. I just have problems with getting them in a good position to do so and larger pills, especially capsules are my biggest enemy. My smaller pills I can generally choke down no problem. This new pill that I have to swallow whole? Giant capsule. I realized I needed tips and tricks or some kind of aide, so I began a search. Take with foods they said. I can sometimes make that work but sometimes it feels like an all day affair, I don't do well swallowing giant chunks o' food either. Imagine it's something else - rrriiigght.Then I found products like this. Oooh, a sippy cup for taking pills, let's try that. I don't mind looking like a giant baby if it makes taking giant horse pills easier.Verdict? I've followed the directions, right down to freezing the capsule for a few minutes to lessen the chance of it being wet when I put it in the cup. Hold the cup just as they say. Don't fill it full. And I'm actually less successful than just mushing it up in a cracker. In fact I came dangerously close to wasting a pill as I had such high hopes for this cup that I didn't think to have a backup, like a cracker ready, to try again, so I had a wet pill in my mouth that I couldn't swallow on its own that first time. But I'm no quitter, oh no, at least not that easily. I tried and tried. And got the same non-results and then, yeah, I quit.Total waste of money. Not sure who this is working on or what their magic trick is, but I haven't figured it out after multiple attempts.

Of course, children might have a problem, but for me, a senior with swallowing problems, it works like a charm.I take a nice solid swallow, and the pill seems to rush into my mouth and bounce up like on a wave, and then get washed right down my throat. I'm still amazed. It worked on my second try.The pill needs to be lying sideways in the lid. Before, I had been trying to angle the large pills in my mouth like a surfboard on a wave. It usually stuck in my throat sideways.Now, this sounds crazy, but a pill that falls out of the cup spout sideways gets turned the other way and surfs down my throat easily. Remember to take enough water into your mouth, but not too much to choke you.

Our pediatrician recommended the Oralflo pill swallowing cup to help our daughter learn to swallow pills, but unfortunately, it didn’t work as well as we hoped. The idea behind the design is solid, and I can see how it could help some kids, but in our case, the pills often got stuck in the straw area after getting wet, which just made things more frustrating.We tried a few different pill sizes, but the result was the same. It’s a clever tool, and it may work for others, but it didn’t make the process easier for us. I appreciate the intent behind the product, but it just didn’t meet our needs.

This works for us.I think some of the reviewers who gave it a low rating are misusing it. The point is to place the pill into the nozzle sticking out of the cover while both at DRY. A dry pill does no stick to dry plastic.Then you separately fill the cup itself with water, and encourage the pill-taker to take a GULP of water - the more water and the faster the better. The water flow through the nozzle, taking the pill with it.Note for VERY small pills, or if you crush/break the pills into very small pieces, this will not work - the pill has to be bigg than the openings in the grid at the bottom of the nozzle.We are using this with round pills with a diameter of 6 mm (millimeter) and they work OK, but seem to be a lower bound.The only reason I am not giving this 5 stars is the way-too-high-price. I appreciate the clever idea, but $15 for this cup is ridiculous.I woul be amazed if producing this costs more than a Quarter ($0.25).