Comment · Thu, February 11, 2021 · ND Owner
Will the piperine in the enteric coated EGCG capsule affect absorption of medications?
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redditinface · 14 points
I'd love to take ND's EGCG cap, and what I'm hoping is that because it's enteric coated I can take it along with a couple of medications in the morning (finasteride and tamsulosin), and by the time the EGCG/piperine gets to my intestines the piperine will no longer affect the metabolism of the meds.
Does that sound like a reasonable hypothesis?
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bitmyneck · 1 points
4 or 5 hours for the capsule to dissolve in intestinal tract wtf. Any way to make this process faster ?
Also, will food make the capsule stay in the stomach longer ; so it became either inefective or acid will make the capsule less resistant = faster absorption in G.I.T ?
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
That's the average time it takes for things to get out of your stomach. Things that are enteric coated always will have a delay in absorption by design. They are meant to protect the actives from your stomach acid, and that requires them to stay intact till they leave the stomach. Everyone's stomach motility varies, but 4-5 hours is the average. It should be faster in a fasting state, though. Eating food usually slows stomach motility, because your body is trying to give time to digest everything.
http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/digestion/basics/transit.html