Does Medicine Stay In The Liver And Dispense At A Later Time.

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my friend takes medicine and has liver problems and tells me that her medicine will stay in her liver and dispense at later time.does the liver function like this?

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No, I believe she's misunderstanding how the liver issues may be affecting the medication, when she takes it.

It isn't that the liver works as a time release system for any drugs.

What often happens, when someone has some type of liver damage/disease is that it can affect the rate at which a medication is processed through the body, so some may be faster or slower than if the person had a healthy liver and, in some cases, they may absorb more or less of the drug than if they had a healthy liver.

So from that, her statement does make sense, but she doesn't really have a complete understanding of how it works.

Is there anything else I can help with?

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Thank You very much I am having a hard time understanding her condition. she take a lot of pain meds so it makes me concerned. she always says her liver hurts a normal person will say my stomach hurts.

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