Does splitting a tablet obtain the accurate dose?
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Tablet splitting: much ado about nothing?
Pharmacists have been splitting scored tablets to individualize and titrate dosages since the end of the pill-rolling era. We have generally accepted that scored tablets may be evenly divided, resulting in 2 half-tablets containing one-half of the whole tablet strength. Slight powdering is unavoidable, but it is generally accepted that loss of a few molecules of active drug is not likely to be ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicine
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0025-7974,1536-5964
DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000017189