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<blockquote data-quote="Nancy423" data-source="post: 204969" data-attributes="member: 6118"><p>It depends on how the pill works too. ALL medications that are LA, CD, ER etc should NOT be cut or crushed. Crushing a pill might allow for dose shortage since the powder consumed might be less than the full pill. Or the pill effects might be felt during the fist few hours, but nothing later on. It may also cause the body to absorb it faster than intended because the protective outer layer can no longer protect it from the gastric juices.</p><p> </p><p>Here's what I got direct from GSK (manufacturer) for dosing under the age of 12...(there's nothing said about adults) "<span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-size: 12px">The smallest available strength of LAMICTAL Chewable Dispersible Tablets is 2 mg, and only whole tablets should be administered. If the calculated dose cannot be achieved using whole tablets, the dose should be rounded down to the nearest whole tablet</span></strong>"</span></p><p></p><p> </p><p> For kids the mfgr does say it's ok to crush the <u>chewable</u> tabs and take with- applesauce, use in Gtube etc. But it says nothing about regular tabs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nancy423, post: 204969, member: 6118"] It depends on how the pill works too. ALL medications that are LA, CD, ER etc should NOT be cut or crushed. Crushing a pill might allow for dose shortage since the powder consumed might be less than the full pill. Or the pill effects might be felt during the fist few hours, but nothing later on. It may also cause the body to absorb it faster than intended because the protective outer layer can no longer protect it from the gastric juices. Here's what I got direct from GSK (manufacturer) for dosing under the age of 12...(there's nothing said about adults) "[SIZE=3][B][SIZE=3]The smallest available strength of LAMICTAL Chewable Dispersible Tablets is 2 mg, and only whole tablets should be administered. If the calculated dose cannot be achieved using whole tablets, the dose should be rounded down to the nearest whole tablet[/SIZE][/B]"[/SIZE] For kids the mfgr does say it's ok to crush the [U]chewable[/U] tabs and take with- applesauce, use in Gtube etc. But it says nothing about regular tabs. [/QUOTE]
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