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I have a science fair project, and I need to know how i can dissolve medicine so I can find out which form of a drug dissolves the fastest.

Any help would be wonderful.

Thnx in advance

2006-12-30 10:19:50 · 3 answers · asked by Shalini 2 in Science & Mathematics Medicine

3 answers

There is no best way. Not all medicines are water soluble. Many are emulsions.

For the science project work on all the ways to make things more soluble(small pieces, heat, stirring, and for gases cooler and more pressure)Then relate it to water soluble medicines.
Know your definitions of emulsions, solvent, solute, colloid, etc.

2006-12-30 10:29:10 · answer #1 · answered by science teacher 7 · 0 0

Well all medicines and compounds are different, so a method used to dissolve one may not work on others. The liquid and injection forms of medicines dissolve the fastest. With pills, the stomach enzymes have to work to dissolve the pill form whether it be a capsule, gel tab, hard tablet, etc. The liquid form of medicine is already dissolved so the enzymes can work on it faster to activate the med in the body. Now for nitro, they are dissolved under the tongue, and for IV meds they run right into the bloodstream faster and don't need to dissolve from the stomach so all in all it depends on the medication form but the all time fastest is nitro for heart patients, under the tongue or IV glucose for diabetics in compromised states, and injectable or liquid forms of medicine.

2006-12-30 14:30:53 · answer #2 · answered by Tina of Lymphland.com 6 · 0 0

Well, all medicines are different and will dissolve at different rates. For your science project you should use a solution that mimics the human stomach (low pH: 1-2), where the medication would normally dissolve.

2006-12-30 12:20:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

WATER DISSOLVES MORE THINGS THAN ANYTHING ELSE, AND WOULD BE THE SAFEST AROUND OTHER PEOPLE IN AN EXPERIMENT

2006-12-30 19:11:32 · answer #4 · answered by bev 5 · 0 0

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