Carol Says:
My 73 yr old husband was just put on Lisinopril 5 mg daily in addition to the half-tablet of 25 mg HCTZ he's been taking. The pharmacy gave him 10 mg Lisinopril which he is to cut in half but it is not designed to cut. When I try to cut it with the best pill cutter I could find, many of them us crush or cut unevenly. What can I do? I end up with a handful of crumbs that are not usable.
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Verwon Says:
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Saturday, 8/18/2007 9:53:34 PM
Your best bet in this case, would be to crush the tablets, divide the crushed powder in half as nearly as you can and then just mix it in something such as juice or pudding.
It is well known that when breaking or cutting a tablet you may not always get the full half a dose that you are supposed to, being a little off is not going to affect anything.
I had the same issue. What I did was I contacted my doctor and asked him for a prescription for 5mg pills instead of the 10mg pills (so I would no longer have to cut them) He was happy to help and wrote a new prescription with no problem.
Lisinipril is cheaper as 10 mg pills. Check it out; true here but perhaps not with your pharmacy. I split round tabs all the time. Not much problem. This drug also available as a lozenge. Easier to split. Pharmacy may resist, cause chain pharmacies puchase in large quantities thru a bidding process.
This is rediculous! I would take every one of those pills back to the pharmacy including the crushed,uneven etc. ones and demand that they give you a product that is usable. You can't even tell what you're getting half the time!
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