tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1482558900455851331.post7707259820454020134..comments2024-03-26T21:38:09.997-07:00Comments on Adapting Creatively: Favorite Tricks for Medications by G-TubeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1482558900455851331.post-85846760106965314602016-11-19T15:44:25.390-08:002016-11-19T15:44:25.390-08:00What was in the blender with the oil capsules when...What was in the blender with the oil capsules when they ground up successfully? I put one in with a can of Jevity and it was never where the blades hit it. I boiled a little water and dissolved it with a teaspoonful but don't know if heat is good for the fish oil. Do you have to have dense stuff to blend with a capsule?<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04511264234774046828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1482558900455851331.post-44907821080319466012016-07-29T13:16:14.046-07:002016-07-29T13:16:14.046-07:00Lomsuzie, we have found them at Amazon.com and the...Lomsuzie, we have found them at Amazon.com and they work well (squishy sides). The "writing" is really embossing on the inside, but it isn't deep enough to cause an issue with medicine powder. The only ones I have found at local pharmacies are small packs of rigid ones, more like the ones that are included with a Nyquil bottle. <br /><br />Hope that helps!<br />Rose-MarieRose-Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01125239149179291715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1482558900455851331.post-38396685313686524892010-12-03T17:04:01.226-08:002010-12-03T17:04:01.226-08:00Thanks so much for your input, Aadhaar!
We began...Thanks so much for your input, Aadhaar! <br /><br />We began with the blue twisty crushers as you describe and wore out so many of them that it was actually cheaper to just go the mortar and pestle route. But I did love how portable they were, especially with the little storage compartment in the lid.<br /><br />I really like your suggestion of using half a cup of water (with the large rinse to Rose-Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01125239149179291715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1482558900455851331.post-26519448065895612212010-12-03T16:12:06.663-08:002010-12-03T16:12:06.663-08:00OK, I'm not a huge mortar-and-pestle fan, espe...OK, I'm not a huge mortar-and-pestle fan, especially since I found my little $5- plastic screw-action pill crusher. It's a bit like a small jar with a tamping bit attached to the lid; you just pop in the pill, screw it down, back and forth a few times, and you're done. Takes small pills, bit pills, anything NOT enteric coated. The enteric coated pills (like Nexium, for example) needAadhaarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13487059113264287774noreply@blogger.com