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kramer1
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15 Oct 2008, 12:18 pm

misaG wrote:
My son has recently been prescribed a doubled dose of Concerta (36mg) and this doubled the size of the pill!! He has a super sensitive gag reflex anyway, so this is not a good situation. He got the 18mg pills down with some pudding with no problems, but this morning (after him being able to get down the pill the past 2 days fine) could NOT get it down and it was so frustrating!! I just threw away a $5 pill! I paid $150 for that bottle, and now I don't know what I'm going to do. I called his Dr back to see if we can get 18mg back, but take 2 pills instead - BUT, how much is that going to be?? 60 18mg pills!!??! ! I am so stressed out, I don't know what to do. I don't think there are many people out there who can just 'eat' a $150 bottle of pills. Does anyone know if the pharmacy would take them back? Wouldn't that be nice? ACK! I don't know what to do! 8O 8O :!:


Wow....the solution to this problem seems to be simple unless I'm missing something here....

Cut the pill in half. Problem solved?



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15 Oct 2008, 12:48 pm

kramer1 wrote:
misaG wrote:
My son has recently been prescribed a doubled dose of Concerta (36mg) and this doubled the size of the pill!! He has a super sensitive gag reflex anyway, so this is not a good situation. He got the 18mg pills down with some pudding with no problems, but this morning (after him being able to get down the pill the past 2 days fine) could NOT get it down and it was so frustrating!! I just threw away a $5 pill! I paid $150 for that bottle, and now I don't know what I'm going to do. I called his Dr back to see if we can get 18mg back, but take 2 pills instead - BUT, how much is that going to be?? 60 18mg pills!!??! ! I am so stressed out, I don't know what to do. I don't think there are many people out there who can just 'eat' a $150 bottle of pills. Does anyone know if the pharmacy would take them back? Wouldn't that be nice? ACK! I don't know what to do! 8O 8O :!:


Wow....the solution to this problem seems to be simple unless I'm missing something here....

Cut the pill in half. Problem solved?


That is what I would have said, but someone else here posted why you can't do that, something about how the drug is released and absorbed.


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17 Oct 2008, 2:10 am

Yes, I would have tried this BUT it is an extended release pill. If you cut or chew it, all the medicine would be released and could have an ill effect on someone, especially a kiddo!
I am an RN, so I did know this much, but thanks for the suggestion... I just wish it would have been able to be done! Problem solved!

Right now my little man is not on any medication and doing just fine. I'm going to give him a while longer and see how he does. I may not turn to medication anymore. We'll see.



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17 Oct 2008, 1:13 pm

misaG wrote:

Right now my little man is not on any medication and doing just fine. I'm going to give him a while longer and see how he does. I may not turn to medication anymore. We'll see.


I hope it continues to go well. Keep us updated!


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