To Divide a Pill? That's Why It Should Not be Done

To divide a pill? That's why it should not be done That of dividing a pill to be able to take it better [VIDEO] , perhaps because it is too big to swallow and therefore you can not get it all down , is a habit that unites many people and that, according to the opinion of scholars, would not go absolutely done. According to the study by some researchers of Sigg (the Italian society of gerontology and geriatrics), to change the shape of a given medicine, that is to divide a pill in half or chop it in order to swallow it more easily, could negatively affect its functioning and could increase the #rischi of experience undesirable effects reported on the leaflet. This practice, in addition to compromising the effectiveness of the drug itself , would cause a small loss of medication that very often is not divided equally and would alter the dosage prescribed by the attending physician by about 15%. An error that could cost dear, damaging the body. There are medicines that, very often, involve increases in toxicity when the recommended dose is altered even minimally, and it may be these practices of wrong division of the drug to cause serious consequences within the patients organism. There are also medicines that are coated with films that allow them to overcome the gastric barrier with tranquility, a division or pulverization of this type of medicines irreparably compromises both the functioning of the medicine itself and its tolerability. Another type of at risk medicines are those designed to have a slow release within the organism and therefore a prolonged duration which could undergo evident variations if the tablet is broken. Not to mention the found, very common among the elderly, to shred the various medicines to be taken to make a single mix. A practice that, certainly, saves time and stress, but that can lead to unexpected results and irreparable errors, because the compounds contained within each tablet, if they come into contact with other active ingredients different from those established,that has been shredded. These are just some of the motivations that push doctors, and researchers, to strongly advise against the division of the various pills. #medicine # health.