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Nov. 28th, 2003 09:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jfbOkay, so earlier this year when one of the possible diagnoses was arthritis (my hands feel fine now, thanks), I was advised to start taking glucosamine. So I went out and bought some glucosamine tablets, the kind you only have to take once a day, and they were colossal, so big that I really felt uncomfortable having them in my throat, and so most days I ended up not taking them. Eventually I went back to the drug store and found that they had the same substance, in the same dosage, in a chewable once-a-day tablet, for the same price. I bought those and have been pretty much faithfully chewing them ever since.
So here's my question: Why isn't everything chewable? After finally reading some nutrition labels and doing a little math, I figured I could use some vitamin supplements--but they all come in tablets. Why? Am I the only one who'd rather chew something before swallowing it? Or are they more effective if they dissolve in the stomach? Or what?
So here's my question: Why isn't everything chewable? After finally reading some nutrition labels and doing a little math, I figured I could use some vitamin supplements--but they all come in tablets. Why? Am I the only one who'd rather chew something before swallowing it? Or are they more effective if they dissolve in the stomach? Or what?
