I cannot swallow pills and never could. This is THE problem solver so I ordered more than one. It has three compartments, one to hold full pills, one with a blade to cut the pills smaller, and the part that does the actual crushing. These are SO inventive because you can take those big ol' obnoxious pills and squish them down to a great size for mixing with ice cream, fruit, or anything else that masks the flavor of the pill. I've had some pills that are TOO obnoxiously bad tasting that you really have to squish them into powder to disguise the taste. Anyway, I think they're great and they get a huge FIVE from me.