If you are meant to chew aspirin when having a heart attack because it works faster, is there any reason you should just swallow regularly instead?

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If you are meant to chew aspirin when having a heart attack because it works faster, is there any reason you should just swallow regularly instead?

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When it comes to meds, it really is “the candle that burns twice as bright lasts half as long. Lots of meds are designed to release slowly to have the medicine working in your system over a period of time. Chewing the pill increases absorption (surface area matters), and so it rushes into your system fast, but then your body processes and clears it faster.