Tips of the Day - Taking Medicine

• Use a quick-dissolve tablet or transdermal gel instead of a pill.
• Have a compounding pharmacist make your child’s medicine into a flavored troche; its texture is similar to a gummy bear.
• Secure all vitamins and medicines.
• Use liquid medicine flavored by the pharmacy or mix it with juice or Kool-Aid.
• Do not use medicine patches on children with tactile issues.
• If your child is not allergic, hide regular pills in chunky peanut butter.
• If your child spits out medicine, to force him to swallow, place his chin in the palm of your hand, lift his head up, and blow in his face.
• To mask the taste of a bitter-tasting medicine, give your child some chocolate first.
• Giving your child yogurt or milk products before the medicine coats the tongue and throat, masking the taste of the medicine.
• Give your child a favorite candy after he takes a bitter-tasting medicine.
• Sprinkle medicinal or nutritional powders over ice cream with nuts.
• Mix powdered medicines in applesauce or yogurt.
• Use fruit juice ice pops for a mouth injury or to hydrate an ill child who cannot keep anything down.

_{*Tips taken from "The Child with Autism Series" by Kathy Labosh}