Can you take soluble tablets without dissolving them?

[Dispersible]

Hi,

appreciate this might be a really obvious and daft question question, but I’ve googled it and found some mixed answers

is it ok to take a dispersible/soluble tablet without dissolving it in water?

tablet in question is sando k. I understand it’s really important to take it but im really struggling keeping it down in drink form. I can just about tolerate the taste but over the last few days I’ve been physically sick a few times after drinking it because of the taste and as soon as it hits my tummy it just makes me puke because it’s so awful

i was thinking, can I just bury the tablets in food instead of dissolving them in water? Obviously I would break them up but just thinking by putting it in food it’ll at least go down without coming straight back up again!

some things I read online said it’s not ideal because it means you won’t get the full dose you would get if you drank it, but what I’m wondering is if it’s worth it rather than getting nothing because I’m vomiting it straight back up IYSWIM?

TIA for any help x

That’s probably a bad idea but I’m no GP. Just a daft ex-student whose household decided to chuff down alka seltzer without dissolving it first. For a laugh. It wasn’t pretty. Though it was funny.

on a serious note though maybe sipping it over a period of time rather than all at once might be better? Say over half an hour?

I used to give my dd soluble
aspirin but it was vile so she ended up swallowing it with a big glass of water. This was for a good few years after heart surgery-I didn't even think to ask if it was ok or not!

Oh and she's still alive 22 years later 🤣

Take the medicine exactly as described by your doctor or pharmacist has told you. Check with your doctor or pharmacist if you are not able to.

There is a tablet version called slow-k
Talk to whoever prescribed it and explain you are struggling to tolerate it and they may change the prescription for you

No, not a sensible move. Speak to the pharmacist tomorrow, you might need to get a different prescription from the GP, they'll advise if you have options or what they recommend.

There is a solution called K-cee-L, it’s a syrup and you only need a small amount for the desired dose. It’s not unusual for patients to be unable to tolerate Sando K, but it’s cheap so prescribed first.

I was also going to suggest KCeeL as an alternative.

No'
Read the gumpf that accompanies them. It is not recommended.
I have to take a calcium tablet the size of a dinner-plate every day. It has to be chewed and it tastes like shite-flavoured chalk. I would win a national gurning contest with the faces I pull until it's gone.
Sadly, the treatment is worse than the cure, but you just have to suck it up (or swallow it down!)

Don't try taking effervescent trackers without dissolving them. I've known people to do this (young people for fun, old people by accident) and end up with acid burns in their oesophagus and/or windpipe.

Try dissolving them in ice cold water and drinking through a straw. This reduces how much you can taste. Do you have to chug the whole dose in one go, or can you spread it out do you can eat something strong-tasting immediately after each swallow?

Tablets, not trackers.

No. Why can't you get the tablet form of the drug?