The difference between my cypro dose (25mg, left pill) and my antibiotics dose (1G, right pill).
It’s big and hard to swallow, but I think I’ve swallowed worse things.

NSFW, TMI, GROSS af

The bigger problem is the constant diarrhea 😭

  • python@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    At least the antibiotics are pill shaped 🥹
    My doc recently switched me from Escitalopram 10mg (left) to Trazodone 50mg (half of the pill on the right). It has the exact same diameter as a AA battery and I get very worried about the sharp corners when swallowing half of one. idk how I will manage once I have to go up to a full one in a couple weeks (and then probably to even larger ones after that, as the normal dose for Trazodone can be in the ballpark of 400mg)

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      5 hours ago

      If it’s safe to break them in half (some pills are enteric-coated and mustn’t be damaged), you can break them even further up to grinding them to powder or aggrading them in water right before use.
      No need to gulp that monster in that shape.

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      14 hours ago

      Jesus those are absolute units! Also, this is interesting…
      I was prescribed escitalopram for anxiety (10mg) and also trazodone for sleep (25mg) at the same time. Not like I take either, cause of my crippling kratom addiction. Serotonin syndrome sounds not fun.
      That’s insane…don’t cut your throat!

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        9 hours ago

        Trazodone started out as an antidepressant but is rarely used as one these days as the side effect was… Sleeping :')
        Guess what its used for these days! :p