http://www.thepalenimbus.com/released/how-do-time-released-capsules-tablets-keep-from-being-digested-with-the-other-food-you-eat Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:43:59 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.thepalenimbus.com/released/how-do-time-released-capsules-tablets-keep-from-being-digested-with-the-other-food-you-eat/comment-page-1#comment-4 Serena Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:17:59 +0000 http://www.thepalenimbus.com/released/how-do-time-released-capsules-tablets-keep-from-being-digested-with-the-other-food-you-eat#comment-4 The coating on the tablet keeps it from being dissolved in your stomach. Once it has passed through your stomach, it slowly makes its way through your intestines, breaking down as it goes. The coating basically only breaks down once it hits the environment it is meant for. The stomach is acidic while the small intestine is very alkaline, which is the environment most time-release capsules need to break down.<br><b>References : </b><br>http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=595398 http://www.askmehelpdesk.com/medications/time-release-meds-62843.html The coating on the tablet keeps it from being dissolved in your stomach. Once it has passed through your stomach, it slowly makes its way through your intestines, breaking down as it goes. The coating basically only breaks down once it hits the environment it is meant for. The stomach is acidic while the small intestine is very alkaline, which is the environment most time-release capsules need to break down.
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]]> http://www.thepalenimbus.com/released/how-do-time-released-capsules-tablets-keep-from-being-digested-with-the-other-food-you-eat/comment-page-1#comment-3 Kristi Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:01:59 +0000 http://www.thepalenimbus.com/released/how-do-time-released-capsules-tablets-keep-from-being-digested-with-the-other-food-you-eat#comment-3 Tablets and capsules have coatings on them that are ph-dependent. The ph in your stomach, intestines, liver, etc is different from one another, and when the tab/cap reaches the appropriate ph (wherever it was designed to dissolve) the coating breaks down and the drug is released. Time released meds have binders in them that slow the release of the drug so that the level is sustained over a longer period of time, thus decreasing the need to take multiple tabs per day and keeping a consistent level of drug in your system<br><b>References : </b><br>I'm a pharmacist Tablets and capsules have coatings on them that are ph-dependent. The ph in your stomach, intestines, liver, etc is different from one another, and when the tab/cap reaches the appropriate ph (wherever it was designed to dissolve) the coating breaks down and the drug is released. Time released meds have binders in them that slow the release of the drug so that the level is sustained over a longer period of time, thus decreasing the need to take multiple tabs per day and keeping a consistent level of drug in your system
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