medicine

[English4everyone]

Which sentence is correct please?
1) I forgot to drink my syrup (medicine)?
2) I forgot to take my syrup (medicine)?

 

[Raymott]

Which sentence is correct please?
1) I forgot to drink my syrup (medicine)?
2) I forgot to take my syrup (medicine)?

They are both right.

 

[English4everyone]

They are both right.

Thanks.
So you mean even for medicine we can use drink?
What about pill or tablet? can we use eat or have for them? For example: I forgot to eat / have my pill / tablet.

 

[JohnParis]

For liquid medicine you may use "drink" (although it is a bit outdated). I usually instructed my patients to "take" their medicine whether it was in liquid form, a tablet, a capsule or an inhaler.
"I forgot to take my medicine" is best.
John

 

[5jj]

You [STRIKE]eat[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]have[/STRIKE] take pills, tablets, etc.

 

[Raymott]

I usually instructed my patients to "take" their medicine whether it was in liquid form, a tablet, a capsule or an inhaler.
"I forgot to take my medicine" is best.
John

I usually told my patients to comply faithfully with the recommended regime for
self-administration of their medications. I never wanted them to get the impression
that I was talking down to them. I must admit, though, that some had trouble swallowing it.