• KingJalopy @lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Buy a pill cutter from the drug store or put the scored side down on a flat surface then push on the middle.

  • N3Cr0
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    1 year ago

    Just crush it into powder and sniff it

  • LazaroFilm
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    1 year ago

    What are you using to cut it? The trick I found with the pull cutters is to set it then slap it with your hand to make the cut in one go. Also, once the blade is a bit dull, it’s over and you’ll need a new one.

    • BeatTakeshiOP
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      1 year ago

      Just tried to snap between fingers. The dent is supposedly there so you don’t need any tool

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          1 year ago

          FYI French and never heard of a pill cutter. Used my fingers for the last 30 years and I would estimate the failure rate at well below 1%. It is just that the dent on this one is u shaped, while nearly all other are v shaped, making the snap easy easy. Also pill cutter seriously? Heard of knifes?

          • tristan@aussie.zone
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            1 year ago

            FYI French

            Also pill cutter seriously? Heard of knifes?

            This coming from the nation that invented the guillotine

          • carzian@lemmy.ml
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            1 year ago

            Pill cutters are situationally easier for the elderly to use. They’re portable, don’t require a cutting surface, and generally have guards along the blade making it safer than a knife.

            What works for me is snapping it while my fingernail is in the groove. Gives a clean break down the center like every time.

      • glimse
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        1 year ago

        The dent signifies that there’s an even distribution of active ingredients across the entire pill. It’s a break line but it’s purpose isn’t for hand-snapping

        If there’s no line, you aren’t supposed to cut it

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            1 year ago

            Kind of interesting, right? I learned that from a pharmacist

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    1 year ago

    Since no one mentioned this yet…

    Take a coin with a head on it. Put the grove over the raised face with groove side up. Press both ends of the pill down with thumbs. It breaks the pill along the groove.

  • DrPop
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    1 year ago

    It may be gross to some but I just use my thumbnail to break pills. They shouldn’t be they hard, at least not Setraline.

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    1 year ago

    Break another into thirds, then you can have half.

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      1 year ago

      Half of that would be one pill though… You can’t make halves out of thirds