When you have a pounding headache, it can be rough waiting for the pain meds to kick in. So don’t wait too long, say researchers at Johns Hopkins University.
The scientists took a look at the fastest way, using gravity and anatomy, to position your body to get the drugs out of your stomach and into your intestines and to work. The verdict: lie on your right side.
The researchers tested several postures and found laying on your right side sends pills to the deepest part of the stomach where they dissolve at a rate 2.3 times faster than the upright position.
