PILLcutter
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
Philippines
August 13, 2018 5:24pm CST
Good gloomy Tuesday to all of us from this side of the globe.
Has anybody among you take maintenance medicines? Do you take a whole tablet, or do you take half a tablet or a pill?
I have a tablet that should be taken half of it twice a day. It is Carvedilol 6.25 mgs - half every morning and evening. Aside from that, I also have Spironolactone 1/2 tablet once before lunch.
This morning, I used the pill -cutter for carvedilol. Since this tablet is so small it resembles a pill,one half was complete while the other half crushed. The spironolactone too, it pulverises so I halved the tablets with my fingers.
It is so difficult to take a medicine that is ordered half the stock available.
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11 responses
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
14 Aug 18
@ridingbet He goes to the doctor next week. We grind the pills and mix them with his food. One morning pill is so stinky that we put it in a pill pocket and give it to him with a couple of treats. Our other cat is terribly ill. She has a sarcoma and has a second vet appointment on Friday. We hope it can be removed - totally. Doodles senses it, and sleeps with her now.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
14 Aug 18
how is Doodles now? it is nice if he is able to take those pills. or do you hide the in his food?
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@toniganzon (72517)
• Philippines
14 Aug 18
I remember when I was a kid and got sick my mom used to cut the pill in half.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
14 Aug 18
weren't you given syrups or suspensions when you were still a kid?
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@toniganzon (72517)
• Philippines
14 Aug 18
@ridingbet I was when I wasn't old enough to take a pill.
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@lady1993 (27224)
• Philippines
16 Aug 18
@ridingbet yeah, that's true 
but we only had to do that once i think
but we only had to do that once i think1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
14 Aug 18
by knives, the tablet might not be halved equally. that is why i still prefer the cutter.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
17 Aug 18
@lady1993 a steel cutter can do it too.
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@jstory07 (139782)
• Roseburg, Oregon
14 Aug 18
@ridingbet They made the pill smaller so you do not have to cut them in half anymore.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
16 Aug 18
@jstory07 but is the exact milligrams given in the pill? the Carvedilol that i half is 6.25 mgs and i have to take the half 2x a day.
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
14 Aug 18
but your husband takes a whole pill? or maybe your husband cannot swallow a pill whole?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
14 Aug 18
that pill cutter is given by my big brother.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
14 Aug 18
i tried cutting the tablet of Spironolactone with a cutter but still the other half crushes.
i have been taking Carvedilol since 2010. thanks for the additional information.
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@rollylolly (2843)
• India
14 Aug 18
I use one for my mom and same situation as yours It's really difficult but I don't see any alternative either.
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@rollylolly (2843)
• India
14 Aug 18
@ridingbet Not that much so it breaks often 
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
16 Aug 18
@rollylolly haha! me too. that is why i find other brands of carvedilol-those that have hard cover. i found one and i can half it nice
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
14 Aug 18
that is true, my friend. are the tablets big? the ones you half?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
14 Aug 18
yes. Carvedilol and Spironolactone medicines are for my heart ailment
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@LadyDuck (471969)
• Switzerland
16 Aug 18
@ridingbet I have no idea because my brother took care of the doses and he brought the pills to my mother, he was her doctor. I knew that he was very concerned about the doses and how many times a week she had to take medications and there were food rich in Vitamin K that he said she should have not eaten.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
16 Aug 18
@LadyDuck like me. we have a vegetable dish for lunch and the dish has many stalks and leaves of pak choi. it is just sauteed and it was delicious, i took a tablespoon of that with rice.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
16 Aug 18
it could be coumadin or clopidogrel. even the coumadin that i take, i cut half a 2.5 mgs. and i take this half 3x a week (Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday).
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
14 Aug 18
that is good to know, hija. but can your medicines be bought in generic stores too?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
16 Aug 18
@JustBhem yes it is expected that medicines for a person on hemodialysis and have chronic kidney diseases are expensive, that may be the reason why you have to be interactive here everyday.
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@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
17 Aug 18
@ridingbet
It's one of the reason. I need to maintain taking those medicines.
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@porwest (92404)
• United States
14 Aug 18
Right now I only take medication for high blood pressure, but I take the whole pill. I did take some half pills at the beginning because I suffered a few side effects. A pill cutter would have come in handy. Half my pills shot across the room when I used a butter knife to cut them and who knows where the hell they are...
But the cat did act strange for a little bit... 
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
16 Aug 18
hahaha! really? but i hope your pill or tablet does not make your pet hypotensive (low blood pressure).
we have a cutter and that could be a substitute for the pill cutter.
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