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What’s the difference between the Advil capsules and gel pills?

unlky asked:


Does the gel one work faster or something?

Tags: Advil, Pills

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4 Responses to “What’s the difference between the Advil capsules and gel pills?”

1. littlemizzthing321 says:

   January 9, 2009 at 6:17 pm

   Tablets take longer to break down vs gel.
2. quijibored says:

   January 11, 2009 at 10:07 am

   The real difference between the two is the extra money you spend to purchase the higher priced highly advertised gel caps. The difference in how fast the gel caps work compared to generic ibuprofen tablets is pretty much inconsequential in real life terms. The money generated from a marketing campaign that sells an inexpensive medicine for a premium price is what makes that marketing campaign worthwhile for the bottom line of Wyeth pharmaceuticals.

   The same thing can be said of the new DM cough strips, melt in your mouth Claritin and the Benadryl allergy strips now being sold where small amounts of old generic drugs are sold in new release forms and then highly advertised as being something special. If you buy these highly advertised “new” products you will pay at least twenty times more per dose than the same medicine would cost you when bought in quantity as a generic. The bottom line question for you is whether or not you really need to pay twenty times as much per dose for something that might begin working in two minutes vs five minutes for the generic tablet?
3. ***Bink*** says:

   January 14, 2009 at 3:11 am

   The gel “pills” are supposed to release into your system faster than the regular capsules/pills. They have a softer coating than pills, so it breaks open quicker.
4. JK says:

   January 16, 2009 at 5:03 am

   2 to 5 minutes differences between the two Advil types, as quoted above. true? who knows, we have no sources. but this is a marketing ploy, which doesn’t mean there is not truth to its stated claims but the new benefits to you might not be worth the hassle given your lifestyle and history. (e.g. for chronic dull pain why would you need to shave minutes before drug works)

   A couple issues:
   the binder holding the gel caps together is much easier on physiology (look up the source)
   also if you are concerned with money and still want benefits of fast relief, then just crush the Advil tablets, put it is water (any liquid), and throw it back. That is fast relief.