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Warpy

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9. It's chewable because it's a pediatric dosage and kids react better to chewables

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Mon Mar 29, 2021, 05:02 PM

Mar 2021

Taken with warfarin, it can reduce the warfarin dosage.

Chewing it comes in handy when you have a really nasty sore throat. It's soothing for maybe 10 minutes or so.

Definitely take it with food or milk. It can be hard on the stomach at any dosage.

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Chewable Aspirin? [View all] question everything Mar 2021 OP

Dunno, remember AsperGUM? elleng Mar 2021 #1

Chewable aspirin is absorbed faster... hlthe2b Mar 2021 #2

Thanks. I will. And, of course, one does swallow after chewing? question everything Mar 2021 #3

yes hlthe2b Mar 2021 #4

Absorbs faster and the orange are yummy questionseverything Mar 2021 #5

Pills are so tiny, I don't see why the chewable version is really needed ... if one has a gag reflex SWBTATTReg Mar 2021 #6

Thanks. I suppose when one chews you get tiny particles that any coating would be meaningless question everything Mar 2021 #7

Makes sense to me that if you chew, you destroy the 'coated' feature, unless they found SWBTATTReg Mar 2021 #8

It's chewable because it's a pediatric dosage and kids react better to chewables Warpy Mar 2021 #9

Thanks. Yes, aspirin is directed to be used in the morning. question everything Mar 2021 #10