I need to take meds with food. I also take a few vitamins and supplements - just a a few, vit D, Fish oil, and Lutein for my eyes - and some of them need to be taken with food as well. So I have a little pill container on my keychain for when I eat out. And I try to take them discreetly.

But it just dawned on my that I have never seen a person down pills or vitamins in a cafe. Never. Do people go to the bathroom for it? Should I as well? I live in a health-conscious place and I can guarantee that a lot of folks take truckloads of vitamins and supplements and herbal preparations - why do I not see them do it?

Is it a faux pas to take your meds in public, even quickly and discreetly?

I can go to the bathroom, I can swallow even without water, I just need to know what the right thing to do is.