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[โ€“] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago (6 children)

This will sound stupid. But if you press your thumb onto the center of your hand, and then close the others fingers around and press, you'll suppress your gag reflex.

This saved me when I had to take some medicine as big pills. Without this trick they often got stuck in my throat, and it could take me minutes to properly swallow. With the trick? No problems anymore.

[โ€“] Vordimous@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago

This is the only kind of comment where I miss the r place.

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