Posted by europerep on January 19, 2015, at 15:36:23
In reply to Re: Splitting pills. Reliable or not? (@Ed and others), posted by ed_uk2010 on January 18, 2015, at 15:52:58
Thanks for the info and explanation, it's much appreciated!
Now I just have one last question relating to what you said earlier about throwing away the broken-off bits because they'd be exposed to humidity.
I certainly wouldn't want to keep or re-use those bits for future use. However, I currently always prepare my customized amitriptyline capsules for several days at the same time. (The doses I prepare are roughly 10mg per capsule, so I take one or two capsules of 25mg and make two or four custom capsules from them.) But if I do this similarly with my customized nortriptyline tablets, this might lead to the problem you described, right?
Would it be a solution to put each manipulated tablet in a small capsule so as to protect it from humidity, and then just swallow the capsule with the tablet in it? (Of course, there is also some air inside that capsule, but the exposure should probably be less.) I had actually been thinking of doing that anyway, because I remember from back when I split tablets in half that they would sometimes be a bit "crumbly". By putting them in a capsule, I wouldn't have to worry about small bits breaking off when handling the tablet.
Or should I better prepare my nortriptyline tablets one at a time? That would probably mean doing it in the evening for taking it the next morning. This would in any case not cause problems due to exposure to air and humidity, right?
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