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How To Remove A Pill Stuck In The Throat?
please help, I swallowed a antibiotic generic for Biaxin 500mg and it is stuck and I cannot throw up and make it go down, I scared that if I go to sleep I will not be able to breath or it will go into my lung. What can I do, I tried eating bread, drinking alot of water, throwing up and nothing please help me.
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Sat, 7 Jun 2014
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Hi,
Don't worry normally any tab get dissolved if gets stuck also,normally it don't get stuck,its little injury or irrition in throat that gives you the felling that something is stuck,
Don't worry it will resolve on its own,
If the problem persists,take an ent doctor opinion.
Don't worry normally any tab get dissolved if gets stuck also,normally it don't get stuck,its little injury or irrition in throat that gives you the felling that something is stuck,
Don't worry it will resolve on its own,
If the problem persists,take an ent doctor opinion.
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