Why should you not lay down 30 minutes after taking ferrous sulfate?
Question posted by lovely123 on 8 Aug 2010
Last updated on 20 November 2017 by Newyorkcity
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Newyorkcity
21 Nov 2017
Thats what i would like to know
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8 Aug 2010
Most of the time when this is listed as an instruction for a medication, it is so that the medicine will have time to go down further in the intestinal tract to dissolve or be absorbed. If you are lying down, the medication will have a harder time descending and possible dissolving.
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