Vitamin D 50000 Units

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The prescription packaging on my 50,000 units per pill of Vita D, says not to crush or chew before swallowing. "Swallow whole". Why can't these by chewed? My pharmacist didn't know why. Can't swallow pills.

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Does it happen to have anything else on the label, such as ER, XR, SR or anything like that?

Some of these are controlled release, so it isn't all released into your body at once and crushing them defeats that and could result in you getting too much of it, at once.

Some prescription Potassium tablets come the same way and cannot be crushed, cut or chewed.

Other times it is done to prevent the irritation that can occur to the esophagus or stomach from certain medications and supplement. They are specially coated to help prevent this from happening and by crushing them, the coating can't do it's just.

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Are there any markings on the tablets?

If you can provide them, or any more information, I can look into it a little more to try and discover the reason.

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Vitamin d is fine to empty the liquid out. Vitamin d is already extended release and emptying the contents of the pill would have no effect on it's absorption. You may be very sorry if you do chew it or empty out the contents, though. The oil is disgusting and rancid in most of these vitamin d pills and you may have a horrible taste in your mouth that will be extremely hard to get rid of for a very long time. If you really need a liquid, you can simply go to the health food store and get a liquid vitamin d and use it at the same dose that your doctor recommends. Trust me, you'll thank me for it. I personally wouldn't open up that capsule and swallow it if you paid me. Yuck!

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