Alessandra.. Question concerning Mucostop

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Hi. I recently started my 6 year old on Mucostop. I was researching

it on this board and came across this post. I copied what it

said....

I looked into this more. MucoStop is an enterically-coated capsule

that is not supposed to be opened. This isn't the older enteric

coating made with shellac and other questionable materials. It is a

newer type made of polysaccharide type material. It protects the

product in the stomach but it is released in the intestines. I asked

if this meant the seaprose and other enzymes would be destroyed by

the stomach acid, or was this just as extra insurance or protection.

The answer was that seaprose was not destroyed in the stomach acid,

and that several of the clinical studies done on seaprose were done

without the enteric coating.

This coating is also used on Enzymedica's Pro-Bio product and the

substance on some brands of fish oils. All of these products are not

intended to be active in the stomach.

So do I need to be worried about opening the caps since my son does

not swallow pills. I'm alittle confused.

Thanks so much