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Can drinking something warm/hot after taking pills affect the way the pills break down in your body?

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Dr. Oscar Novick answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

Pill taking: There is no harm in taking pills with warm water. If anything the pills will dissolve faster and reach its target sooner.

Answered 12/9/2013

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Probably not: If it is after you swallowed pills. By the time the hot liquid arrives in your stomach, it would have reached near body temperature. Otherwise you would burn your esophagus and stomach.

Answered 5/22/2013

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