• Question: why cant you eat tablets on a empty stomach

    Asked by buss466new on 13 Jul 2023.
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      Bruno Silvester Lopes answered on 13 Jul 2023:

      Some of them yes..but others have to be taken with food as absorption in our body is better with food for some drugs

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      Edward Guy answered on 13 Jul 2023:

      Some tablets should be taken on an empty stomach and some shouldn’t. This is partly because the medicine in the tablet gets absorbed more quickly from an empty stomach (some medicines need to be absorbed quickly to work best while others work better when absorbed more slowly… on a full stomach).

      The other reason is that some medicines can irritate or damage or stomach lining, and food in the stomach can slow down or reduce this damage.

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      Hannah Scholes answered on 13 Jul 2023:

      Some tablets work better when you take them on an empty stomach because they medicine in them works better when it is absorbed into your body faster. Some others work better if you take them with food because the medicine can either damage or irritate your stomach, or they work better when they’ve been absorbed more slowly.

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      Cheryl Williams answered on 13 Jul 2023:

      It’s all to do with how they are absorbed into your body. Sometimes you need food in your stomach to absorb medication more slowly.

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      Clare Morrow answered on 14 Jul 2023:

      Some tablets do need to be taken on an empty stomach to help them be absorbed into the body – others may cause irritation on the stomach lining – hence they need to be taken with food.

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      Kip Heath answered on 20 Jul 2023:

      Some tablets you have to. It depends on the drug and what it’s supposed to do.

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