Do you know whether the capsules can be taken apart and eaten?

Many people are often puzzled by all kinds of capsule medicines. Why do good medicines have to be packed in capsules? "Isn't it safer and healthier to take the powder or granules directly after taking the capsules apart?" In fact, is it really "superfluous" to pack capsules?
Let's talk about the capsule shell first. Currently popular drug capsules are divided into soft capsules and hard capsules. Soft capsules are mostly used to seal liquid or semi-solid drugs, and are made of soft capsule materials into spherical or ellipsoidal shapes. Hard capsules are long-grained capsules with two parts assembled together, and the contents are mostly drug powders or granules. The main components of the two capsule shells are special gelatin, glycerin or other pharmaceutical excipients, which can be made into different colors and transparency. Under normal circumstances, the materials for making empty capsules will be strictly inspected to reach the food or drug level, and you can safely eat them.

Why do you want to coat the drug with this capsule coat? Capsules are selected according to the different characteristics of the drug and the need for medication. Some drugs are very squeamish, afraid of light, heat, moisture, acid, and a capsule shell can provide more protection. Some medicines are difficult to access, too unpalatable, too unpleasant, and some are irritating. A capsule shell can reduce the trouble of taking medicines. Some medicines are difficult to make into other dosage forms, such as tablets, which disperse when pressed; granules, which are sticky and sticky. It's so difficult to do, simply put capsules, it is "capsules are a basket, anything can be filled". Liquid capsules can be filled with soft capsules, such as vitamin E; solid capsules can be filled with powders, granules, pellets, and microcapsules. Some capsules are filled with small particles of different colors, some are quick-release, some are slow-release, which can achieve longer administration time.

Pharmacists can achieve sustained release, controlled release and targeted release by adjusting the properties of the capsule shell. For example, enteric-coated capsules, the capsule shell will not dissolve in the acidic environment of gastric juice, the entire capsule will enter the intestinal tract relatively completely, dissolve in the alkaline environment of the intestine, and release the drug. This kind of capsule with special properties must not be opened and eaten, otherwise it will really fail the painstaking efforts in designing the drug and will not achieve the desired effect.
Compared with ordinary tablets, capsules are made with fewer binders, dissolve faster in the gastrointestinal tract, and absorb the drug more easily. Capsules have so many advantages, do you want to take them apart and eat them?