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What Causes Difficulty In Swallowing Medication?

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Posted on Thu, 20 Aug 2015
Question: hi i am taking medication but it makes me too sick to swallow it does it have the same effect if taking via an enema?
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Answered by Dr. Ivo Ditah (30 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Please, what medication are you taking?

Detailed Answer:
Hi and thank you so much for this query.

I am so sorry to hear about these terrible feeling you have taking your drugs. However, I will like to know what medication it is. It is only by knowing the exact drug that I will be able to provide personalized and helpful information to you.

I hope to hear from you soon on this and what the drug is used for. Until then, I wish you well.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Follow up: Dr. Ivo Ditah (6 minutes later)
i am taking zopiclone for sleeping. I also take anti histamine for allergies. All prescribed by my doctor.
the taste for me is very bitter and i have trouble swallowing it.
I do enemas regularly and would like to have is dissolved in some water and take it this way instead.

I would like to know if medication administered this way are as effective?

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Answered by Dr. Ivo Ditah (4 hours later)
Brief Answer:
This drug cannot be administered this way!

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Zopiclone is not designed to be administered this way. Should you do so, you will not benefit from it. Please, talk to your doctor and he will probably replace this medication with others that may not necessarily cause the same symptoms.

Let me know how this goes!
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Follow up: Dr. Ivo Ditah (1 hour later)
can pentobarbital for sleeping have same effects rectally as orally?
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Answered by Dr. Ivo Ditah (21 hours later)
Brief Answer:
No!

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Pentobarbital cannot be administered this way. There are no sleep medications that are made in such a way that it is possible to insert in the anus. Am so sorry about this but try the others orally as it may not cause the exact same symptoms as Zopiclone when taken orally.

I wish you well.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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What Causes Difficulty In Swallowing Medication?

Brief Answer: Please, what medication are you taking? Detailed Answer: Hi and thank you so much for this query. I am so sorry to hear about these terrible feeling you have taking your drugs. However, I will like to know what medication it is. It is only by knowing the exact drug that I will be able to provide personalized and helpful information to you. I hope to hear from you soon on this and what the drug is used for. Until then, I wish you well.