16 year old still won't swallow pills

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 16 year old still won't swallow pills. He has food issues and just refuses or chews them. At this point I don't know what to do. He just won't try. He was prescribed antibiotics for acne, but he was chewing them so i stopped giving them to him because i didn't want them ruining his stomach.

you shouldn't just stop a prescribed med, contact the dr first. they can prescribe a liquid.

i taught my kids with food issues to swallow pills by starting with tic tacs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We had success with practicing with nerds, then tic tacs, then skittles.

this is what DS's psychologist suggested and practiced with DS during a few sessions (DS wouldn't practice with me.) He wasn't able to do it till he was about 16y and I think he got tired of taking his daily meds with applesauce.