Suggestions how to break tabs

Suggestions how to break +pharma tablets easy and accurately

Tablet splitting has been an accepted practice for many years as a means of obtaining the prescribed dose of medication. In case your doctor has prescribed you a half tablet you may wonder how to proceed. This information intends to provide you a best understanding what has to be considered for breaking a tablet.  Prior to every splitting of tablets you have to ensure that the tablet may be divided: please ask your doctor or pharmacist if this is basically recommended.

+pharma has summarized  popular tablets shapes to acquaint yourself with the topic of breaking tablets in an appropriate way.

Check the concerned tablet beforehand and click the corresponding link for visualization then.

Basic hints

It is most important to push with your fingers fast and firm. Please break tablets only prior taking the drug and store the remaining half carefully, preferably in the blister, as environmental influences might have an impact on the tablet.

It is also a widespread habit to break tablets inside of an eggcup, as the concavity of this tool facilitates easy and efficient tablet splitting. In addition both halves remain inside this device and cannot become lost. If a tablet cannot be broken manually please consider also to use a mechanical pill-splitter, a very common device available in most pharmacies.  Please do not use any knifes due to a high risk of injury, moreover the results of tablets cut in such a way are mostly improper.

Standard convex	Arched tablets with breaking score (e.g. Snap-tabs)	Flat faced tablets with breaking score