Posted by zinya on July 20, 2003, at 1:56:25
In reply to Re: re: dividing granules,Rx note » zinya, posted by mercedes on July 20, 2003, at 0:15:54
hi Mercedes,
thanks so much for thinking of me in this regard. I really appreciate it!
Coincidentally, just today i had to go to the pharmacy and asked for the PDI for Effexor XR cuz i didn't have one previously and wanted to try to process all this fine print medicalese :) and see if i could learn more.
And indeed it has the same sentence that you quoted. Except that on mine the sentence is followed by another one which says, "or it may be administered by carefully opening the capsule and sprinkling the entire contents on a spoonful of applesauce. This should be swallowed immediately without chewing and followed with a glass of water to ensure complete swallowing of the pellets."
It was the pharmacist who i had previously asked about splitting the capsules and he had said yes because it's the coating on each pellet which produces the time-release effect, not the gelatin capsule.
I guess the applesauce option is given for those people who have a hard time swallowing capsules, but it seems to confirm that taking them inside the capsule is not necessary. But i very much appreciate your thinking of me and giving me added reason to scrutinize all this fine print on my own PDI until i found this to reassure me again.
Most nights i am taking them in a capsule anyway. After I divide them up, like now i divide 2 capsules of 150 into 3 sections of 100 each (well, eyeballing it into thirds close enough), i put 2 of the 100 portions back into the capsules they came out of for the next 2 nights and just swallow the extra 100 that same night. And i haven't noticed any differences after nights i take the pellets loose vs. nights in capsules.
Anyway, that's my 2 cents worth for anyone interested who, like me, feels they need to take the buildup slower than the capsules themselves allow.
and again muchas gracias e suenos dourados, mercedes e todos :))
zinya
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