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Q: Dry swallowing ?

asked by: Marie07 on January 15th, 2008

New User

Hey, everyone. I'm on my first week of my new pack of pills. I always take the pills right before I go to bed, and for the past 2 nights, I have dry swallowed the pill right before falling asleep. I never thought about it, but could dry swallowing possibly make pills less effective? As in, if it doesn't make it to your stomach as quickly? My boyfriend and I are spending the entire weekend together (something we never have a chance to do) and he doesn't want to use condoms like we usually do. Am I taking a risk?

Replies(2)

Marianne0558

replied on January 15th, 2008

Supporter

Dry swallowing your pills doesn't affect the pills' effectiveness at all.
Just like taking them with a gallon of water won't matter either.
As long as you are taking them at the same time, it doesn't matter.
Even if you chewed them and swallowed them, you'd be ok.

Tylanas

replied on January 22nd, 2008

Especially eHealthy

Actually, chewing is very bad. Chewing it increases the surface area and thus you absorb a huge dose all at once, but it peters out for the rest of the day and you are no longer protected. You should never chew any kind of pill - no matter what kind it is - unless the prescription says this is okay. If you want to chew your pill you should get on a specific kind of birth control that is designed to be chewed.

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