What Pills Look Like?

What Pills Look Like?

When you work in a health food store you see something that is quite amusing.  It's people shaking bottles, they shake bottles trying to figure out what the pill looks like inside.  The shaking is usually followed by one of two statements:

"They sound small!" or "They sound big!"

I usually smile upon watching people do the bottle shake, it's very amusing to me.  Today I want to cover pill shapes and what they look like and this may help you in selecting your next bottle.

Tablets and caplets

A tablet or caplet are the hard pills most people fear.  A hard compacted round pill or a long football shaped hard pill.  These are not ideal if you have difficulty swallowing or have bad digestion

Capsule

This is the longer easy to swallow pill with powder inside.  If you cannot swallow them, simply open them up and pour the powder in water and quickly drink it

Softgel

The easiest to swallow, this is a tiny pill with liquid inside.  Even the larger version of a softgel is easy to swallow to to the shape and coating.

This has been your simple guide to what pills look like so you no longer shake bottles in the health food store :-)

Stay healthy and stay motivated

Shane Chartrand