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Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: 4 hours ago | Replies (38)
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From Drugs.com:
Pills with no line in the middle
In general, do NOT split tablets that are not scored unless your doctor or pharmacist has given you the okay to do this. Some tablets may be extended-release, enteric-coated or have other characteristics that might affect how the tablet is absorbed or works if you cut it in half.
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I think this is good advice. I haven't looked at 1 mg tablets of Prednisone recently. From my memory, they can't be broken in half very easily. I don't know if they are scored or not.
I think it is okay to split 1 mg tablets in half if people want to. I don't know how useful that is though. I could couple a 2.5 mg tablet with the 1 mg tablets and get any dose I wanted except for 1.5 mg. I have split the 5 mg tablets in half because they were bigger than the 1 mg tablets. People just need to ask for different sized tablets as needed.
I'm not sure a 1 mg tablet split in half is feasible or not. I doubt the score mark is a cross mark (+) like this plus sign. I wouldn't ever cut a 1 mg tablet in fourths but I know people do this. Trying to cut a 1 mg tablet into fourths is too much work for me.
People should do what their own thing ... I guess.