A number of things can happen to cause this pain in the areas buy the top of your stomach and esofigas! A common one is that when taking a pill, with or without water, the pill can rub against the esofigas wall lining. To prevent pain from pills is to se what is causeing the problem. If the pill( not a capsule) is to big to run down the esofigas, then breaking the pill in half. This can help to let the pill go down without scratching the throat. 

DO NOT TAKE PILLS AND LAY DOWN

I have a problem late at night and I realised that I did not take my pill. I get a pill, swallow with out water, and lay back down into bed. I have done this on other accounts to know that I shouldn't have done that. 

The two thing that I did wrong was

I did not drink water to help the pill go down.

Laid down directly afterwards.

And now I have to suffer. in the middle of the night, because I did not listen to reason.