I'm looking for a particular shape of Aspirin

seacam · 15/10/14 - 18:22

Hi,

I'm on 75mg of coated Aspirin daily.

A little while ago I purchased some Aspirin that was capulet shape, not round.

Try as I might I can't remember where I purchased them from or the brand.

I have had to go back to the round type and they get stuck in my throat,----horrible.

Does any one know the brand name of these capulet type Aspirin?

NoseyLouie · 15/10/14 - 18:32

Had a wee bit of googling, could it be Micropirin for the brand name? It seems to come in capsule form 75g coming up as a pdf file on google though, and independent pharmacy may have them, or offer an alternative..

I hate the feeling of something feeling like it has stuck in my throat myself if swallowing a normal round pill..yuck

Good luck x

seacam · 15/10/14 - 18:40

Hi NoseyLouie,

And thank you, thank you.

I will give a couple of manufactures a call in the morning, and find a distributor.
XX

stvn758 · 15/10/14 - 20:01

I wonder where not being able to swallow pills comes from, as a child I had no trouble eating every conceivable piece of food I could lay my hands on, when I remember the penny sweet tray with it's assortment of shapes and textures I'm perplexed it took me a couple of decades before I got the hang of swallowing a pill.

platelet · 15/10/14 - 20:13

Can't be of much help but they're generally called caplets rather than capulet - not sure if that's messing up your search

seacam · 15/10/14 - 20:32

platelet wrote: »

Can't be of much help but they're generally called caplets rather than capulet - not sure if that's messing up your search

Caplets.

Yosemite · 15/10/14 - 20:50

seacam wrote: »

Caplets.

No doubt Montague-coated.

boozer3 · 15/10/14 - 20:50

Supermarkets and pharmacies tend to sell both sorts with wither caplet or tablet stated on the packaging. :-)

seacam · 15/10/14 - 20:53

Yosemite wrote: »

No doubt Montague-coated.

( note to self seacam,---PRAT!

).

chocoholic100 · 15/10/14 - 20:56

Why not just ask your local chemist. They will probably know.

platelet · 15/10/14 - 20:58

And so, good caplet which name I tender as dearly as my own, be satisfied

seacam · 15/10/14 - 20:58

boozer3 wrote: »

Supermarkets and pharmacies tend to sell both sorts with wither caplet or tablet stated on the packaging. :-)

That was just it, the four pharmacies I general use never stocked them, all of them looked at their stock, all were the round type

I can only think I was out on a job somewhere and had the prescription with me and dropped it in elsewhere.

seacam · 15/10/14 - 21:05

stvn758 wrote: »

I wonder where not being able to swallow pills comes from, as a child I had no trouble eating every conceivable piece of food I could lay my hands on, when I remember the penny sweet tray with it's assortment of shapes and textures I'm perplexed it took me a couple of decades before I got the hang of swallowing a pill.

I've never really had an issue swallowing pills, I'm on Metformin, ( T2 Diabetes ), they are the opposite end of the scale, they are the size of horse pills, occasionally I gag on those but they are huge.

But recently, a lot really, Aspirin have been getting lodged in my throat.

KennedyC · 15/10/14 - 21:28

I always take pills with a sip of water. Never had one stick in my throat. As for size, I tried a course of Glucosamine and they are big. Morrison's has caplet shaped ibuprofen, they may have the same for aspirin.

oscardelahoya · 15/10/14 - 23:42

Actavis brand are apparently oval shaped.

Aneechik · 15/10/14 - 23:50

Anadin is that shape.

Maxatoria · 16/10/14 - 08:48

Just visit the pharmacist and have a word as i'm sure they can tell you all the different brands and show you them and that'll probably trigger a memory and job done and if they're on prescription you can get the doc to name them on the prescription so you won't forget

nanscombe · 16/10/14 - 09:44

Aneechik wrote: »

Anadin is that shape.

But unfortunately the dose is many times greater than required, about 300mg rather than 75mg.

FilliA · 16/10/14 - 09:59

platelet wrote: »

And so, good caplet which name I tender as dearly as my own, be satisfied

I won't ever be able to think of Romeo and Juliet without giggling now. Probably at all the most inappropriate times.

Waj_100 · 16/10/14 - 18:40

Why aren't you using Dispersible Aspirin?

I've been taking 75mg Aspirin in dispersible form since 2004.
Simply drop one in water and drink it when the aspirin has been dispersed.

stvn758 · 16/10/14 - 19:02

seacam wrote: »

I've never really had an issue swallowing pills, I'm on Metformin, ( T2 Diabetes ), they are the opposite end of the scale, they are the size of horse pills, occasionally I gag on those but they are huge.

But recently, a lot really, Aspirin have been getting lodged in my throat.

Don't try swallowing a dispersible aspirin then, one moment of hesitation and they foam up in your throat and much panic ensues.

They must be quicker to work than normal ones I thought, why not.

RobinOfLoxley · 16/10/14 - 19:18

Waj_100 wrote: »

Why aren't you using Dispersible Aspirin?

I've been taking 75mg Aspirin in dispersible form since 2004.
Simply drop one in water and drink it when the aspirin has been dispersed.

This ^^

Also, you can snap large round tablets in halves or quarters and just take the bits one at a time.

Or crush between two spoons, add to a half inch of water, swill the glass and neck it.

seacam · 16/10/14 - 19:36

Waj_100 wrote: »

Why aren't you using Dispersible Aspirin?

I've been taking 75mg Aspirin in dispersible form since 2004.
Simply drop one in water and drink it when the aspirin has been dispersed.

stvn758 wrote: »

Don't try swallowing a dispersible aspirin then, one moment of hesitation and they foam up in your throat and much panic ensues.

They must be quicker to work than normal ones I thought, why not.

RobinOfLoxley wrote: »

This ^^

Also, you can snap large round tablets in halves or quarters and just take the bits one at a time.

Or crush between two spoons, add to a half inch of water, swill the glass and neck it.

I had problems tolerating dispersible Aspirin, ( tummy aches ), so was moved over to coated, no more aches.

Waj_100 · 16/10/14 - 20:10

seacam wrote: »

I had problems tolerating dispersible Aspirin, ( tummy aches ), so was moved over to coated, no more aches.

Ah, right, I see!

I've always been intolerant to any form of Aspirin so my doctor prescribed Ranitidine to overcome the intolerance.

seacam · 16/10/14 - 20:17

Waj_100 wrote: »

Ah, right, I see!

I've always been intolerant to any form of Aspirin so my doctor prescribed Ranitidine to overcome the intolerance.

Yep my doctor offered me the same thing in as much as if I couldn't tolerate coated Aspirin I would be put on Ranitidine as well.

But to date no real issue with coated,---the odd pang.

Have you tried coated by its self?

Iqoniq · 16/10/14 - 20:19

RobinOfLoxley wrote: »

This ^^

Also, you can snap large round tablets in halves or quarters and just take the bits one at a time.

Or crush between two spoons, add to a half inch of water, swill the glass and neck it.

PIB : DO NOT DO THIS IF YOUR MEDICATION IS SLOW RELEASE.

If they're designed to be slow release (MST Continus for example) and you snap them you get the dose in one sudden hit, not slowly over the course of time they're designed to release.

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