kate_nepveu: AKICILJ: pill splitters

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kate_nepveu) wrote,
@ 2007-07-20 19:58:00

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AKICILJ: pill splitters

So if you're trying to split pills that don't already have a line down the middle, are pill splitters really an improvement over a sharp knife? If so, is there any kind that's better than another?

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	turnberryknkn 2007-07-21 12:01 am UTC (link)
	I honestly don't know, but I can try to ask the Pharmacists tomorrow when I go on service. If I learn anything useful, I'll drop you a note... (Reply to this)(Thread)

	kate_nepveu 2007-07-21 12:02 am UTC (link)
	Heh. Thanks. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	houseboatonstyx 2007-07-21 12:07 am UTC (link)
	I've used one that was very helpful, but I can't find it to tell you what brand it is. The key was to press from the ... narrow end of the angle, if that makes sense. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	kate_nepveu 2007-07-21 01:41 am UTC (link)
	Like the one linked below? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	jonquil 2007-07-21 12:09 am UTC (link)
	Pill splitters hold the damned pill still. This is very, very useful. Mine has a slanting V to hold the pill and a guarded razor blade to cut down. It works for me, and was cheap. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	jonquil 2007-07-21 12:10 am UTC (link)
	Here's the one I have. http://www.forgettingthepill.com/cgi-bin/ForgettingThePill/order.cgi?orderone++Tools+1+299+1 (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	yhlee 2007-07-21 12:24 am UTC (link)
	I've got something that looks almost exactly the same (or possibly is exactly the same, I can't tell) and it works beautifully. Also, it's kind of like a guillotine, which makes pill-splitting oodles of fun! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	kate_nepveu 2007-07-21 01:42 am UTC (link)
	I bet. It used to be very satisfying to snap the old grooved pills in half with the steak knife. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	houseboatonstyx 2007-07-21 02:10 am UTC (link)
	Looks like it, and yes it is fun. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	kate_nepveu 2007-07-21 07:55 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	kate_nepveu 2007-07-21 01:41 am UTC (link)
	Excellent, I'll look for something like that. Thanks. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	sraun 2007-07-21 01:44 am UTC (link)
	I have that one (or one that's so similar I can't tell the difference). They're really nice for splitting stuff that doesn't have a line already. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	kate_nepveu 2007-07-21 01:44 am UTC (link)
	We have a consensus! Thanks. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	schulman 2007-07-21 12:17 am UTC (link)
	Yes, absolutely. I use a similar one, which cost about $5 at Eckerds. It's handy for splitting the cat's pills -- attempting to use a sharp knife (not sharp enough, in retrospect) resulted in powder. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	kate_nepveu 2007-07-21 01:44 am UTC (link)
	My knife was sharp enough, but even though it's serrated, it kept sliding, giving me 2/3 and 1/3 of a pill (at most) . . . Also, that is an awesome icon. What is it? (Reply to this)(Parent)

kalmn
2007-07-21 02:18 am UTC (link)

yes. not only while you're cutting it, but then you don't end up with half a pill here and half a pill somewhere across the room that the pets will probably find and eat.

the majority of my meds are for arthritis which i have in my hands, so the manual dexterity required to hold the pill, cut it with the knife, *not* cut my fingers off is much more than the manual dexterity required to pop the pill on the little angled doohickey and then whack it with the flat of my hand. big fan of pill cutters, me.

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	kate_nepveu 2007-07-21 07:57 pm UTC (link)
	I would certainly be too! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	firecat 2007-07-21 06:57 am UTC (link)
	Pill splitters hold the damned pill still. This is very, very useful. Plus, once the pill is split, it's in the container of the pill splitter and not all over the counter. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	kate_nepveu 2007-07-21 07:56 pm UTC (link)
	I hadn't thought of that before, as I seem to have managed not to do that with my old pills. But it's good to know. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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