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Why do some cough mixture needs to be shaken before administering?
Jessie7108
You can tell that there is still powder at the bottom if you look closely, so you have to shake it. Would you drink or eat powder?
Lela Lemke
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∙ 11y agoBecause sometimes the 'active ingredients' are a fine powder suspended in a liquid. Over time, the ingredients might 'settle out' - leaving distinct layers. Shaking the medicine simply mixes all the ingredients back together.
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∙ 14y agoYou can tell that there is still powder at the bottom if you look closely, so you have to shake it. Would you drink or eat powder?
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∙ 12y agoBecause the medicine could be a heterogeneous mixture, and part of it had settled out. Shake it, and it should mix together again.
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∙ 13y agoto ensure the components of the medicine have mixed.
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