That Full Glass of Water

We are always told to “Take this medicine with a full glass of water.” What does that really mean? Most people take the pill with the first swallow then force the rest of the glass down. The correct way to take the pill is to drink half the glass of water, take the pill, then take the other half. The goal is to have the pill land in water. Then it will have something to dissolve in, and be absorbed slowly without having the side effect of irritating your stomach.