Thanks for replying, Perna. That's a relief! I've never had pills that are supposed to be taken with or after food before, so I wasn't sure.

I used to take a vitamin, but I kept forgetting so I gave up. They were quite small pills anyway, though. Dad takes cod liver oil capsules, and they're pretty big...I'm guessing they can't be chewed , but I could practise with them.

That's true. In the case of these pills, though, the fact that they have acid of some sort in them makes me wary of chewing them.