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I can dry swallow and do half the time. Am I doing something wrong ?
The pill needs to dissolve in a better liquid than just stomach acid. It never stops being weird how people don't understand that, it's not even something that should need to be taught since it's obvious. All pills made to swallow are made to be swallowed with water.
I think most people assume that stomach acid which breaks down solids, would break down solids that are made to be broken down, without additional assistance needed. That seems like a totally and perfectly reasonable assumption to make based on what the average person knows about their body. We all experience first hand why it can make the taking easier.
I get it is weird to you, but what I just said seems rational to anyone who doesn’t spend a lot of time doing pill-taking process research.
Well, you don't simply have to get a pill into your throat, it also must go all the way down.
And some pills like sticking to the throat lining very much.
And you might not notice that.
And, sticking in place, they can lead to nasty things, like inflammation or chemical burns - aspirin, for example, does that.
The water is there to prevent that.
Just conjure sone spit and swallow. It's not hard.
What am I, some kind of spit wizard?
I went to spit college, got my spit masters. They ain't just give these spit wizard robes out to just any dipshit who gives them ten fifty five
Well la-de-da, boys, we gots us a silver spoon nepo wizard. Me mum was a hedge witch and thats mighty good enough for me. We all know why you like to visit the island of elderly sluts on backwards-but-only-the-first-half day.
Because they cook good eggs on the first half day?
Yeah I just surround the pills in a bolus of saliva and let fly.
water allows your kidneys/liver to process the medication