so the pill will go down easier
to wash the taste of the liquid out of your mouth
2007-03-30 14:00:25
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answered by Mopar Muscle Gal 7
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Actually every medicine has something called bioavailability meaning how much of the active compound really gets into the body. No matter what dosage of medication you take, amount that is absorbed determines whether you get well or not. People drink water with medicine/mostly advised to do so because water is inert compound, does not reduce the absorption of the drug in the stomach & intestine. If doctors allow patients to take medicine with anything..there is possibility of reduced absorption of the drug and patient would not get treated fully. For example, tetracycline (an antibiotic) will not get absorped if taken with milk, instead it gets chelated and gets out in the faeces. Worse still if medicine taken with alcohol. Some of the combination can kill patient. So for universal safety..physicians advice to take medicine with plain water. On the other hand, there are some pills nowadays can be taken without any fluid. They are sugar coated and easy to swallow but majority of drugs are dry, uncoated and needs fluid to facilitate swallowing.
2007-03-30 15:04:26
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answered by Dr.Siva 1
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you need to drink an eight ounce glass of water to wash the medicine out of the stomach and into the small intestine to lessen damage to the stomach from it.My Drugist told me this.
2007-03-30 14:15:04
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answered by flossie mae 5
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Because it helps our stomach digest the pill easier, to prevent it from sticking to the inside of your throat, everyone else does it, and because it makes it tase better. But why don't they use drinks like Coke or Gatorade...
2007-03-30 14:06:03
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answered by slamsam1221 2
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we drink what's handy, usually water
also, it keeps the stomche from bleeding from the pill
2007-03-30 13:59:10
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answered by Anonymous
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.... to mask the bad taste
..... to prevent the tablets or capsules from sticking in the throat .
..... it is traditional
2007-03-30 14:02:06
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answered by jo n jo 5
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you cant drink pop because acid in pop desolves it befor it hits your stomach!!
2007-03-30 15:30:40
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answered by donavee x 1
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TO WASH THE BAD TASTE OUT YOUR MOUTH!
2007-03-30 15:30:27
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answered by lil pit cat 71 5
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i do it so it doesnt taste so bad!:)
2007-03-30 13:55:47
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answered by army_dog96 1
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