Question:
can you take pills with water ?Do they work the same or wash right through you. I has

   — poppink (posted on August 23, 2004)

August 23, 2004
I was told to take pills with a small amount of liquid. Drinking large amounts could hasten pills through your intestine and decrease amount absorbed.
   — dianne E.

August 23, 2004
Liquid moves things out of the pouch quickly, and into the small intestine. However, nutrients are not absorbed in the pouch, but in the small intestine. However, liquids will not push vitamins or food through the small intestine faster. It's not like a hollow tube. The digestive system slows down the movement of food (and pills) through the small intestine to allow time to absorb the nutrients.
   — Vespa R.

August 23, 2004
I have always taken my vitamins and pills with water. My bloodwork is great so I must be absorbing what I need, well enough.
   — Fixnmyself

August 23, 2004
I have always taken my vitamins and pills with water. My bloodwork is great so I must be absorbing what I need, well enough.
   — Fixnmyself

August 24, 2004
I take them with a little fluid (apx 1/4 cup) I avoid drinking large amts as not to flush then through.(sort of like a title wave) Since we don't have a stomach, the longer in the small intestine, the better. When I worked endocopy, the colonoscopy pictures would show undigested pills when the massive fluid pushed them through the system too fast.
   — ZZ S.