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Why do we drink tablets instead of dissolving them into water and drinking the solution?
tablets (eg. Panadol, pain killers etc.)
2 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
several advantages and disadvantages follow for both dosage forms.
Solution/Suspensions
- enhanced taste (maybe good or bad)
- usually immediate release
- good for people who can't swallow tablets (pediatric/geriatric)
- shorter expiration date
Tablets
- minimal taste (usually good)
- can have extended release (Once-A-Day dosing regimen)
- cheap to make
- better storage stability
and the list goes on.
Source(s): pharmacy school - FunkyGurlLv 41 decade ago
By drink do you mean why we swallow them? I think its because they are bitter as hell and if you drank a bitter solution you might throw it up right away.
