I have not taken mms1 by capsule yet, but I have takent the mms2 caps. It seems to me most of the time the caps are dissolved within 10 minutes of taking them, usually just a few minutes. Once in a while one gets stuck in your throat and takes longer to dissolve, and when it is mms2 that is kind of a drag because it doesn't have all the water to dilute it by that time.
Based on my experience, once the cap dissolves I think the active ingredient, chlorine dioxide, is absorbed very fast, probably within 1-2 minutes at the most. I say this because when I take mms1 the usual way in water, and when I am fighting nausea with each dose, I will start feeling the nausea almost immediately upon swallowing the mms1 dose with water. And this is true whether my stomach is full of food or whether I take it in the middle of a meal, the nausea hits right away.
I think absorption of the mms1 is like absorption of juices on the gerson juice therapy that I do. When I first started juice therapy, I could often feel the effects of the juice hit my blood stream almost immediately upon swallowing, again regardless of how much food was present. It seems to me the body regards the juice and the mms1 as beneficial substances that can be readily absorbed, and it does so immediately.
Does the smell/taste of the mms1 bother you quite a bit? Whenever I take 5 drops or less I can take it with half a cup of water and not have any problem. I say this because you may want to try that method where you make up your full day's doses, add them to 1 liter of water or juice (no vit. C, covered container) and sip or drink it throughout the day.
Also, do you not have any symptoms at all when you take 3 drop doses every hour for 8 hours in a row? By the second day for sure I start having nausea at that level.