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I swallowed a pill about 2 hours ago but i think it went down my trachea. i didn't cough or have any gag reflexes after taking the pill, am i ok?
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Mgt: I would advise monitoring your temperature, and watching for any respiratory problems, but more likely it was swallowed.
Answered 4/25/2016
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Probably: If you have ever gotten a little of a drink down the wrong hole you know how vigorous the bronchial reaction is to foreign material. Unless your drunk as a skunk, or otherwise totally out of it your body would react to the pill by making you cough until it came up or you were exhausted.If you feel fine, you likely are.
Answered 11/28/2017
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Probably fine: I can't imagine not having a major coughing and choking spasm if a pill had got into your trachea. I would greatly doubt that this was what had happened.
Answered 11/27/2017
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