GMS Pill Taker Cup - Makes Swallowing Medium to Large Tablets, Capsules & Pills Easy - Simply Drink Medicines Along with Water - Small Sized Cup Ideal for Kids, Adults & Seniors

I bought this pill taker cup for a tween family member with cancer. Cancer treatments can ravage the esophagus tissue. This work great to give her the confidence and aid in getting all her medications take.

Does not work. Period. My poor 6 year old was terrified to try it. When he finally did the pill just stuck to the tines and didn’t go down. Furthering his stress we tried 3 times before returning it. Don’t waste your money

My grandson was having a hard time taking his prescription every day. I ordered this cup, and he takes his meds easily every day now!!

Pros:* Affordable* Good idea & designCons:* It doesn't work for every child. It's worth trying, but after a lot of tries I had to accept the fact that it wasn't going to work for mine.We worked with child development to try to help my child swallow pillows before trying this. Child development suggested using mini-M&M's to swallow & progressing to regular sized M&M's. They also suggested wrapping pills with a tiny amount of fruit roll ups to make them more slippery to swallow. My daughter could swallow the M&M's, but when we progressed to tic tacs, she couldn't swallow those. The fruit roll ups were a great idea, but it made pills too large to swallow.We started working with an occupational therapist & she suggested this cup.This is a great idea, but for reasons I don't understand it didn't work for us. I have an 11-year-old daughter who still can't swallow pills. All medicines that she takes are in liquid form. She's autistic & has developmental coordination disorder. I suspect that's why she struggles so much with it. Her occupational therapist recommended this cup. She tried and tried & couldn't do it. If it was a small capsule with a smooth gel shell, she managed a little better. It still took several tries though. Regular sized capsules couldn't be swallowed at all (we practiced with Vitamin D capsules that she typically chews once per week). However, with actual pills it was a complete failure. The pills would dissolve with her multiple attempts. She ended up just drinking the water that contained the dissolved pill. I guess that's one way of using it, but not the intended purpose.

It work ok.

I have had a problem for years swallowing. certain pills/medicine.Have even had expensive hospital swallowing tests and flurostopic following..Just some sizes can not swallow but nothing conclusive after tests.So I live with it….til NOW!!! This item really works…and I have tried them all…..getting pill hung in throat is a horrible feeling!!!So….if you have this problem… SIMPLY GET THIS ITEM! YOU WILL THANK ME!!!!I am not advertising anything…but I am saying IT WORKS!!! Be sure to follow instructions…and as said… only ONE pill at a time.Would say good luck…..but luck has nothing to do with this.IT WORKS!!!!!10-30-2024You will thank me!!!UPDATE!!I have ordered two more of these. But let me add this…. I have found that I can take the problem pills and take just one NOT in the device…..then take the device filled with water to the correct level…and THEN swallow the pill in my mouth using the device to wash it down just like was in the device…but so far, it has yet to have a problem this way!! Must be the engineering experiences that makes me look at everything!(yes…Masters in Chemical Engineering).So try it….I have actually used up to three pills in my mouth and then washed down with the device…but I have it in the recommended configuration as if pill was in the space for it to be in.Once again…make sure device is located in correct position as would be as if pill was in it. Same water level. So far…up to 3 at a time has not failed me yet!Cheers!!!!

We got this for my 7yo and unless your child opens their mouth quite wide to drink, it isn't effective and the pill won't pass into their mouth.

My son had a mental block about swallowing something without chewing. We tried all sorts of techniques for getting him to swallow pills. We tried mini m&Ms and marshmallows and all sorts of things.Of it was food he could do it. If it was a pill it 100% of the time would not go down.I bought this cup and a pack of empty gelcaps that I manually filled with powdered sugar to make some practice placebo pills.The reviews that talk about pills sticking aren't wrong. It does happen. You need to make sure the pill rack is dry, and even then sometimes they cling.But drinking a bit faster generally fixes this. It's not a sip, it's more like taking a shot. Throw it back kinda fast and they go right down.Took all of about 10 days and my son doesn't even need the cup anymore. Money very well spent.No more liquids, chewables, etc. it is genuinely a quality of life improvement for all of us.