I was wondering if it makes a difference if you dissolve a pill, or just swallow it whole. I have a phobia of taking pills, so I dissolve them. What do you think?
Answer:
It depends on the medication. While you're certainly putting all the medicine in your stomach that way, you're changing the way the drug was meant to be delivered. Many capsules are designed to release the medicine in a controlled manner, offering longer-acting effects and less initial spike in the drug levels. Other times, the coating of the capsule itself stabilizes the drug in the acidic environment of the stomach. This is probably not typical, however. With over-the-counter medicine, it probably doesn't matter much. I would be careful about taking too much, though, since you're getting quite a bolus of drug by swallowing it in solution. For prescription drugs, it might make a difference. Ask you doctor, there might be other formulations, or he could put your mind at ease.
No, because you're diluting the pill. It's a chance that it won't work as good because it's not being diluted and absorbed in the intestines. Some pills are also designed as a "time release", and if you dissolve them in water, then they won't work as long, if the work at all. If dissolving a pill was just as good as taking a pill, then they'd make a liquid form of the pill. Think about it
It will hit your system faster than if it has to sit and disolve in your stomach acid. However, I know there are some medications that are not ment to be crushed or even cut in half because they are time release drugs.
I think this is a question you should ask your phamacist before trying it with what ever medication you are needing to take.
Not if you don't drink the water.
Of course - as long as you drink all the liquid - if there's a lot of powder left in the droplets left behind, pour some more water in and repeat! Simple.
I dont know if the Oxygen will mess up anything but I am not a doctor. But Oxygen is pretty powerful.
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