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Prescription: can an extended release prescription tablet be broken in half and taken 2 times a day due to the large size of taking it whole?

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Can adversely affect: Cutting an extended release tablet, can damage the gradual absorption of the medicine, and could create a larger immediate flooding of high dose medication into the body. These kinds of meds should not be cut or crushed, it defeats the design and mechanism.

Answered 8/17/2017

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