How do you know when your stomach...

iVillage Member
Registered: 09-15-2005
How do you know when your stomach...
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Wed, 04-19-2006 - 2:10pm

is emtpy? I'm supposed to take these stupid elephant pills (bigger than horse ones) and it says, "on an empty stomach". Besides taking it first thing in the morning. How do I know when it's empty? I'm also "eating" every 2-3 hours, so is it empty before that? lol.


i.e. i eat breakfast at 7:45, I take those pills at 6:45 (empty). I eat a snack usually around 10am, then lunch at 12pm, snack maybe around 3pm, then dinner either at 5ish or 8ish (depends on school, etc).


Thoughts? I know this is probably WAY off the wall, but hey, what is empty? how long does a stomach take to become empty? lol


thanks.


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Registered: 03-19-2003
Thu, 04-20-2006 - 12:39pm

I've no idea.....good point though! How many pills do you have to take a day? If only 2, I'd suggest the morning one and if you don't eat past 'dinner' one pre-bedtime.


I'll look around this weekend and see if I can find more info on this topic for you!

~IslandGirl


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iVillage Member
Registered: 12-04-2003
Thu, 04-20-2006 - 2:33pm

I agree with IG - whenever I take pills on an "empty stomach" it's before breakfast, and right before bed.

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Registered: 09-15-2005
Thu, 04-20-2006 - 2:56pm

In the morning is good, before bed is bad. It literally takes me about 10oz of water to get these suckers down, which isn't good cuz well, y'know. Small bladder, lots of water, time for bed...........lol.


If anything, I'd like to take them before breakfast, before lunch, before dinner. (it says 3 times a day, 3 pills at a time, but i don't know if i can hack that, they're too big).


hmm........


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Registered: 03-19-2003
Sat, 04-22-2006 - 10:19am
Cher-- I think that is probably your best bet. After all we do the same thing with antibiotics, and I never even stopped to think what they meant by 'empty stomach' before!! (At least they help you get a little more water, lol)

~IslandGirl


Success is 10% talent and 90% heart!

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