What happens if you chew an Aleve tablet/pill?
I've heard that the outer coating protects your stomach lining, but if you chew an Aleve every once in a while, will it be bad for you? I can't swallow pills!!!!
What happens if i chew wellbutrin?
It could significantly mess up the drug. Wellbutrin is a relatively short lived drug in the body with a very complex metabolism. The drug is bound up in an extended release formulation. That is, when you take the pill, it doesn't immediately come apart in your stomach and intestines and deliver the full dose of drug, it sits there and releases the drug at a slow controlled rate to deliver the proper amount of the drug over a longer period of time. One of the major problems with the original generic version of Wellbutrin made by Teva was that their version of the extended release system would release the drug too fast. This resulted in it not working properly for thousands of patients, due to Wellbutrin's odd metabolism, and severely damaged Teva's credibility. They were forced to reformulate the drug. Chewing the capsule can muck up that release system, and generally is not a good idea.
What happens if you crush an iron pill?
Iron pills are not supposed to be crushed. Crushing a pill causes it to be absorbed too fast. It is better for these type of pills to digest slowly to increase the body's ability to use up more of the mineral. The body can only process and use so much at one time. Crushing pills can also increase the side affects, like constipation. Call your local pharmacy and ask the pharmacist if it is safe to crush iron pills and what the risks are. They will tell you.
What happens if you swallow a chewable vitamin?
Funny thing.Just a few minutes back I swallowed a Vitamin C pill whole (they are quite big) and felt it get lodged in my oesophagus just above the stomach. It didn’t exactly hurt but was quite a discomfort.That was enough to freak me out and start looking it up on quora.It’s been around 30 minutes since then and I think the tablet gradually dissolved and became small enough to pass through into the stomach. Phew!Note to self : never again!
Why is it bad to chew pills?
Its not always bad to chew pills. In Emergency Medicine we often have our patients chew the pills to speed up absorption. Ie:Aspirin. If you are having a heart attack and want to benefit from the anti-platelet properties of Aspirin you have to chew them. Most Aspirin pills have a polymer coating around them to keep them from dissolving in your stomach. For routine use this is great because it reduces gastric side effects [Heart burn, Ulcers etc] but in an emergency this will slow down absorption. By chewing aspirin you break up the coating and break down the pill hence increasing the surface area exposed in your gut.There are some pills that are designed to dissolve slowly so it can release the drug into your bloodstream slowing over a prolonged period to increase the length of its effectiveness. Those medications should not be chewed or cut in half prior to administration. For example: Mucinex 24hrs. This pill has two layers. One is a quick dissolving layer which releases the drug to start its effect quicker. The second layer dissolves slowly to keep its effect going for 24hrs. If you chew this pill you can potentially overdose on the drug. Some pain medications, Blood pressure medications and anti depressant drugs come in extended-release versions to reduce the number of pills needed per day. If you chew on those you can easily overdose and end up in the Emergency Room or worse. As paramedics we see this more often in the elderly population. Because its more difficult to swallow pills as you get older, elderly patients often crush or cut their pills before taking it. Any time you see “extended-release”, “Slow Release”, “24hr”, or “Long acting” on the box chances are its not safe to be chewed or cut-up. Always read the label before taking the drugs or talk to your pharmacists.
Can you crush iron pills? Or biotin pills?
Regardless of what type of ingredient, if you can't swallow pills, you can break/crush/open any tablet, capsule, or softgel that is not enteric coated, time-release, or other "special release".... you just might not get as much of a benefit in any form other than how they were intended. The way I normally put it when people ask me this is that it's better to take a pill as it was intended, but if you can't swallow the pill, crushing it is better than not taking it. Also, as far as the Biotin, it is good for hair, skin, and nail health regardless of how it's taken.... but most of the B vitamins taste rather bad when they aren't in a capsule (and Iron is the same way), so you'll probably want to take it with something to mask the taste. Good luck!
Is it bad to swallow a chewable pill?
If by ‘bad’ you mean ‘is it harmful’, the answer would be no, it’s not bad to swallow a chewable pill. Either chewable or swallowed whole, pills are made to be taken orally so they will do no harm to you.However, when pills are made to be chewed it’s usually so that they will take effect faster, or in the case of antacids and some other pills meant to suppress indigestion swallowing them whole may make them either less effective or slower to act.That’s because when you chew a tablet it create a bunch of small particles which have more surface area than the one big tablet so they can dissolve faster. If you swallow the tablet it may not dissolve completely before it passes through the stomach and completes dissolving in the intestines instead. Thus it may get absorbed in a different part of the digestive system which in turn means that it goes through a slightly different cycle in the circulatory system. That in turn means that either more or less gets removed by the liver so you get a higher or less dose than designed and you get the highest blood concentration either sooner or later than designed.It won’t harm you, but it may mean that it won’t be as effective as it would be if it was chewed the way it was designed.Some pills, especially the so-called ‘extended release’ type of tablets, only work as designed when swallowed whole because the delayed release is done by using enteric coating that slow down the dissolution in the stomach so chewing them exposes the inside of the pill before it should. Just the opposite, chewable pills would take longer to dissolve than designed.But they still work. Just not the way you’d expect.
Does it matter if you swallow a pill you are suppost to chew?
i have to take a multi-vitamin n i havent been,for years,n i have been SERIOUSLY getting weaker and paying for it.The problem is that the pill is extremely nasty and I spend the rest of the day not eating or drinking because that nasty taste is still in my mouth and it drives me nuts.So today i decided to swallow it.what are my side effects or cautions.NOTE: the pill contains 100% daily intake if not more of iron (i know deadly but thats why i have to take the pill)