why are pills so intense on the stomach?

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According to google, the maximum dosage of ibuprofen is 3200mg divided into 3 or 4 equal dosages (that’s 800mg every 6 hours). For reference, that is less than the weight of a paperclip. So what makes pills so strong that it’s extrmeley dangerous for a stomach that can literally devour steel to consume more than a paperclip weight of ibuprofen every 6 hours?

And that’s only ibuprofen, i’ve taken others meds which were WAY lower at 80mg max dosage and another one 10mg!

Note: didn’t know what to put as flair since it’s technically medicine or biochem (neither are available) so i chose biology since i’m focusing on an organ

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Also it doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with the stomach itself. Pills are specifically made to have a lot of the active ingredient in a small amount of total stuff (so you can swallow it). Overdosing on medication is just generally being poisoned.

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