I still remember learning to take pills. There was some Rx I was to take that didn't come in liquid form... I think my folks tried every method, but I must take my medicine!. The sugar coating came off while is was floating around in my mouth after failing to go down with the big glass of water. Was the most bitter pill ever!. So I would take the pill and shove it as far back as I could with my finger, almost to the point of gagging. Then swallow some water. For the longest time, I could take pills without water just by shoving them to the back of my tongue.