Chewing the medications

The standard tablet is designed to be swallowed whole.

Tablets designed to be chewed have this indicated on their packaging. This is common for drugs designed for young children and certain types of tablets such as multivitamins.

Some medicines are also specifically made into a chewable form, such as some aspirin tablets and certain antacids. These are common medicines that may be taken on a regular basis, and by people known to have trouble swallowing tablets.

The packaging of most other medicines will have a printed warning if the tablets shouldn’t be chewed or crushed.

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