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It happened to me the second day I took the pill -- really frightened me. In addition to all the things you mentioned in your post, I Thought I was having a heart attack.
Hasn't happened since tho...
Usually I take pills dry, but it obviouslt doesn't work that way (for me) with capsules.
"Osmotic burn?"
I had a tetracycline capsule stick in my throat once. After 2 days of it still feeling like it was there, I called my doctor, and...
...she said sometimes a capsule gets stuck, the shell dissolves, and a compact enough lump of dry powder gets left in one place long enough to cause an osmotic burn. -IOW, the powder (can be anything that dissolves in water) dehydrates to death some of the surrounding cells (a la salt-on-a-slug).
Washing the pill down with more water (and after too) & food was the recommendation. That worked for me, and the feeling went away after 4-5 days.
For reference, I only had the sensation of the cap being stuck in my throat for days and swallowing being a little painful. No other symptoms.
I'm not a doctor, and as always YMMV, etc. etc.
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