"Immoderation feeds the doctors" - Chinese wisdom
Practical advice:
Whenever you need to take medication in tablets and if their shape and usage purpose allows it is the best to powder them. Thus the contents of the tablet ingredients are absorbed more easily by the body and begin to act more quickly. The exceptions are gastro-resistant tablets for which it is intended to be absorbed in the intestine. So first read the leaflet and find out more about the specifics of a given drug.