Please note I am not actually trying to be rude in trying to talk you all out of your supplements but I read this question only minutes before I saw this article saying that vitamins are not so benign after all. I just thought it was interesting.
From the article:
"However, KCK says that there is a growing body of “compelling” research that suggests a direct link between synthetic vitamin consumption and increased rates of lung cancer, prostate cancer, bowel cancer, and breast cancer."
https://studyfinds.org/multivitamins-increase-cancer-risk/
I never could swallow large pills is the actual reason I do not take them - it isn't related to their potential benefits or harms - well other than that I might choke to death swallowing one.
I have always had problems swallowing pills (I've sometimes cut prescriptions into 1/8, not just 1/2, to get them down). I look for either chewables (Centrum has/had a chewable multivitamin for seniors) or gummies. Gummies usually are better-tasting than chewable hard tablets.
Oddly enough I nearly choked to death swallowing my half dose of bp medicine this morning . . . /sigh. Sometimes I think it the half makes it worse because it gets a little chalky and doesn't slide down if you don't get it quite right.
Hmm. Interesting Latexman. I know some folks who take pills with a spoonful of yogurt but I haven't tried that. Seems sort of inconvenient.
I didn't think it was science I just thought it interesting. It isn't the first time I've heard of a link between too many vitamins and cancer (vitamin A).
My doctor says vitamins are unnecessary unless you have tested out showing a deficiency. I'm mostly indifferent.
I will say the vitamins a lot of people take with 2000% of the daily recommended amount seem a bit much but hey to each their own.
The OP might do better with a separate vitamin and mineral pill. IIRC the minerals are what add most of the bulk to the pill. Or one that takes a couple servings per day so you aren't trying to choke down a pill that looks sized for a horse.
I was subscribed to Consumer Labs for a time and they were pretty low on gummies as not containing the amount of ingredients claimed IIRC. I think they might have a free trial subscription - or used to.