why do we have to take medicines at the same intervals everyday and not just take them for example 2 times whenever we like? Is there a specific advantage to it being spaced out over a longer period of time or is it just to keep track of what I’m taking?

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why do we have to take medicines at the same intervals everyday and not just take them for example 2 times whenever we like? Is there a specific advantage to it being spaced out over a longer period of time or is it just to keep track of what I’m taking?

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Answer 1

Because that’s not actually the same dosage. 2 pills per 1 day is very different from 1 pill per 0.5 day.

Think of if they were the same thing. Then you would be permitted to just take the entire medication you think you need at once, and the effect would last proportionally as long as what you took. That is, of course, not what happens.