Does prescription specifically supposed to dissolve surrounded by your mouth still work if you swallow it?

i have pills for cold sores and it takes too long to dissolve it..

Answer:
It does still work but it in fact takes longer. Sublingual tablets (meant to dissolve underneath the tounge) are done so for the purpose of the medicine entering your blood stream in a jiffy by being occupied into your mucous membranes (ie: the internal protective lining of your body). If you swallow the pill, it must enter the stomach first...some of it's chemical properties individual destroyed by your stomach acid...until that time entering your intestines where it can be wrapped up. It's best to use the med as it was intended, it be made that way for a foundation.

Yep. It will just disolve on the bearing down your throat.

No not as well!

Most probable it'll dissolve in your stomach...Like adjectives medicines do...

NO! If you are on a medication that specifically tell you to dissolve it, do not swallow whole! It will not work resembling it should and some meds can actually be hazardous if swallowed whole!
Just put it below your tounge and c if that makes it dissolve faster. or bite it within pieces, dont swallow but the pieces will disolve faster!

it will work but not as well since its not applied directly to the spot intended.

Medication directed to unfreeze under the tonge (sublingually) is designed to be enthralled through the mucous membrane in the mouth and straight into the blood stream. most homeopathic remedies are design this approach.

If you swallow, it will be destroyed but the stomach acids.
Just keep it underneath your tonge until it has dissolved. swallowing your salivia won't hurt though!

for best results, do not drink or drink anything 30 mins before and 15 mins after.

Check near your pharmacist. I would think that the medication would be more effective on the cold sores contained by your mouth, and it may take the extra time to do its best work.

The concrete question is "are u supposed to swallow it?" Read the sticky label on ur medication for instructions.