Lying down, sitting, leaning over? What science says about the best way to take your medicine
- Written by Elise Schubert, Pharmacist and PhD Candidate, University of Sydney

When pharmacists dispense tablets or capsules they commonly advise when and how often to take them, and if this needs to be with or without food.
You generally don’t hear them tell you to lean to one side when swallowing. But preliminary research from Johns Hopkins University in the United States suggests this might improve how...