Yes on all fours bellowing at the tiles in a final attempt to shift it isn’t fun. My version of a self administered Heimlich Manoeuvre . 
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Although it’ll be best to ask the pharmacie, I have been obliged to take my pills by grinding them amd dissolving in water as I can’t swallow anything and have an enteral gastro stoma thingy direct to my stomach. I tend to crush each pill separately before adding water - this helps with hydration too. However I have been in hospital quite a lot over the last four months and the nurses there crushed all the morning pills together and added water.
So I suppose it’s is ok when necessary but probably not ideal if you can take orally!
Hi David,
I was replying to you and also commented some time ago when you first posted about this. I explained to you what happened to me when I opened a capsule to take the contents as ai also have problems with swallowing medication! Hence My response this morning. My advice is to seek out your pharmacist and explain to him/her. They usually have alternatives.
Good luck best wishes
Caroline
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Hi, I just wanted to jump in here, and say, I have the exact same problem, and the pills stuck in your throat at night is absolutely awful. Also losing sleep, because it feels like a gobstopper stuck there is highly unpleasant.
I take 17 medicins a day.
What I did first, was ask my Dr. to change any pills on my monthly ordannance to effervescent tablets. And the ones that couldn’t be effervescent were the capsules, which for me, are the worst.
I too, have almost choked to death on my tablets for a number of years now, and it is really scary 
I take 17 meds a day, the capsules, I take two at night, ( and 3 during the day ), along with 3 effervescent, and one small liquid glass bottle, ( normally it’s used as an injectable, that tastes disgusting! ), that I snap off the top and shake it in everything else in a full glass of water.
Being a logical gal, I realised that inside the time release capsules, there is mostly air. Which floats on water, and it’s like trying to swallow mini life jackets! lol!
If you have a weak stomach sphincter, which gets begins to get weaker with age. ( Well, it has in my family, 4 members have trouble swallowing tablets), it means that the capsules with air in, that are bobbing around in a large amount of fluid, can find themselves sliding back up your well moisturised throat through gravitational pull, air end first! 
So apart from an operation to stop this happening. I found my solution.
So, after swallowing my capsules, and then laying flat back onto my bed for the next 10 minutes, I kept them down long enough for them to start dissolving and 9 out of 10 times my problem was solved.
You probably don’t have this same problem but if anyone else does, I say, it doesn’t hurt to try it! 
Just a thought!
Would it be easier to take pills in a spoonful of compote de pommes or yoghurt or something slippery like that? It works well for small children.
I used to give my dog her tablets in a bit of sausage but quite see that’s no good for people
There is another reason for that that might be of interest to you?
( I’m a @JaneJean nerdy person too! ).
The membranes absorbed into the bloodstream quicker than the stomach.
Back in the 80’s-90’s, you could get bum pessary, Pethadine pain relief!
I thought you’d really like to know that. 
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That’s an idea I hadn’t thought of even though Jules gets his first pill of the day in a piece of chevre, which he loves. The 2nd one is cunningly hidden amongst the sardines of his evening meal, as he licks the bowl clean afterwards, only once has he ever missed the pill.
@Weebs My word, and I thought I had troubles. Only if the doc or the pharmacist allowed dissolving pills for all 7 of them would I be relieved of the problem. As I think that would be highly unlikely, I am continuing with the warm water solution. Not foolproof but I am persevering and have high hopes of a good result. But I will try @vero 's idea too tonight, I think I have a tub in the frigo. 
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Suppositories work far better than stuff you swallow because the drug goes straight into the blood without a dip in a bath of hydrochloric acid.
Yes, I was told that. I sort lean more towards a slight time lag though 
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I stand up straight when taking pills by mouth and hope gravity takes a hand, with suppositories do you have to do a handstand for the same effect. 
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Only if you are on holiday in Australia. Northern hemisphere suppositories won’t work down under, so to speak.
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Not sure you are right, as in so many things, I think we must enquire of @toryroo
Ever seen “Train Spotting”? How much do you want that pill?
Many but not all, especially those for treating diarrhoea. They potentially have a very short dwell time.
How do you treat diarrhea?
Number 1, sorry number 2 is to treat the symptoms of diarrhoea to reduce dehydration, Loperamide (Imodium) is a start. If it is persistent then you need to seek medical assistance; having suffered a Giardia infection it can be a long term treatment as you need to kill parasite at right time of the life cycle.
Sticking the drugs up the rear end may result in the medicine making a rather quick exit.
I haven’t yet mate, it is on my to do list, I always got it mixed up with the film about the Yank who was imprisoned in Turkey after being caught at the border with some illegal substance. Maybe it is the same one, but I don’t think so.
@vero Tried it with a strawberry yogurt this evening, all 4 slipped down easily with one smooth teaspoon each. Can’t wait to tell Jules when he wakes up. 
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Midnight Express
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I got giardia in the revolving restaurant at the top of the smart hotel in Damascus, proof you you should stick to street food. Didn’t take any imodium etc. did take metronidazole though. Ended up with various food intolerances which wore off over a few months. Very tedious while it lasted.
@David_Spardo super pleased it worked, long may it continue!
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That’s the one, always get them mixed up, trains, you see. 