Posted by barbaracat on March 20, 2005, at 23:36:05
In reply to Re: To BarbaraCat » barbaracat, posted by Phillipa on March 20, 2005, at 14:58:28
I honestly don't think anything special is needed as far as dissolution. The enteric coating prevents dissolving until they hit stomach acid and yogurt, applesauch, whatever, isn't going to nake a difference with this. Taking the higher dosage capsules with food is recommended because of possible nausea, however, the nausea strikes a good couple hours after injesting because of the time it takes for the enteric coating to dissolve.
I take the pellets right before breakfast, no special vehicle other than licking my finger with the pellets on them. A capsule seems cumbersome when counting exact numbers of pellets, and you've got to have capsules around. Nah, make it easy, the low tech way works fine.
However, I plan to call Pfeizer to ask a few questions about how uniform a dose each pellet is. I can't imagine anything that small would all have exact measures. I'll also bring up your issue about needing food and anything else that seems pertinent. Not sure they'll be too happy about supporting something that will cut their Cymbalta sales into fractions.
> This was a discussion on Pbabble once before. Some suggested getting empty capsules from the Rx. I had some vitamins that I was no longer taking, so I emptied them and put the pellets in them. They said not to take them alone as they will dissolve if not in some medium, such as yogurt, any food. Yes they do last a long time. Fondly, Phillipa
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