Prepackaged oral medication serving apparatus and method

A method of providing and administering medicants to persons who have difficulty in swallowing oral medications comprising;

• providing a generally rectangular prepackaged serving container having a recessed polygonal mixing chamber, a flat rectangular serving surface extending forwardly from the mixing chamber, and a handle portion extending rearwardly from the mixing chamber, the mixing chamber having contiguous opposed side walls, a rear wall, a bottom wall, and a curved front wall which extends from said bottom wall, and a curved front wall which extends from said bottom wall to said serving surface in a smooth generally S-shaped curve and containing a measured amount of food product, and said container including a flat generally rectangular mixing spatula removably carried along a top surface of said serving container which has a flat head portion substantially covering the contents of said mixing chamber, and further including a removable flexible cover peelably attached to the top surface of the serving container and covering said serving surface, said chamber, and said spatula and forming an air tight seal for the serving container and its contents,
• peeling said cover off said serving container and removing said spatula therefrom,
• providing a fine grain or powdered oral medication and placing same into said mixing chamber,
• thoroughly mixing said oral medication with said food product in said mixing chamber with said spatula,
• inserting the head of said spatula into the mixture at the rear wall of said mixing chamber and pushing it forward along said bottom wall and said curved front wall to transfer substantially all the mixture onto said serving surface at the forward end of said serving container, and
• placing said serving surface at the forward end of said serving container with said mixture thereon in the recipient's mouth, and wiping the mixture off on the inside of the recipient's cheek or onto their tongue.