The specific diseases treated by enteric-coated capsules depend on the ingredients of the encapsulated medication. Enteric-coated capsules are not a specific drug, but rather a class of capsule-form medications that dissolve and exert their effects in the intestines during digestion.
1. Enteric-coated capsules are made of a special polymer material. Their characteristic is that they do not dissolve in the mouth, esophagus, or gastric juices; they only dissolve and are absorbed by intestinal juices.
2. The main advantages of enteric-coated capsules are: some drugs are highly irritating to the stomach, and entering the capsule form reduces this irritation, lessening adverse reactions in patients, such as aspirin; other drugs are destroyed by stomach acid, weakening their effects, but entering the capsule form protects them from destruction in the stomach, greatly increasing bioavailability.
