Does drinking soda with a medicine pill make it dissolve faster once it is swallowed?

Answer 1

AnswerThe pill that you take will dissolve from the acid & digestive juices in your stomach. Taking the pill with hot or cold water will it dissolve faster or slower respectively. There are factors that could make the pill dissolve slower - if there are other food items in your stomach or if you take the pill with milk.

So taking the pill with plain cold water is fine as that's what the normal case when pills are tested. It's a basic principal in chemistry that heat, agitation, pressure speed up the rate at which substances mix. You can test it yourself and see: put one pill in cold water, one pill in hot water, and one pill in hot water that you stir and see which dissolves fastest.

Answer 2

Drinking soda with a medicine pill may not necessarily make it dissolve faster once swallowed. The dissolution rate of the pill is primarily determined by its formulation and coating. However, washing down the pill with a liquid like soda may help it to move more quickly through the digestive system.

Answer 3

No, the dissolution time of the tab or cap simply depend on the amount of acidity in the stomach and time (usually about 2-5 minutes).