Bit of context, I didn’t sleep very well because of allergies. I went to take some allergy medicine but realized my stomach is still heavy from the meal I ate last night, so it may not be the relief I am searching for. To my surprise, the allergy medicine started kicking in rather quickly (I can breathe again).
Does oral medicine bypass food in your stomach? Or does it dissolve and is more dense than the stomach acid and sinks to your liver more quickly? How can allergy medicine/anti-inflammatories/anything work as advertised on full stomachs?
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Some drugs are absorbed into the blood stream through the stomach lining while others are absorbed into the blood stream in the intestines. I believe that if it’s an acidic drug it absorbs in the stomach and alkaline absorbs in the intestine. The liver receives the drug through the blood stream so the quicker it gets to the blood, the quicker the liver gets it.
The contents of the stomach are constantly churning and fast acting drugs are designed to dissolve fast. I would venture to guess that your drugs are acidic and absorbed through the stomach lining. Since stomach contents are always moving, it doesnt have to fight your food to get where its going.
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