Posted by Dinah on August 26, 2002, at 1:57:46
In reply to Re: distribution » Ritch, posted by pharmrep on August 26, 2002, at 0:59:02
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> ***sorry guys..didnt want to create an issue...I dont how Celexa is distributed...I just know that crushing a scored 20mg to get 2.5 or less could be difficult to measure and doses might not be uniform, especially if tablets not evenly mixed throughout. (I know some manufacturers dont have uniform pills. and the active ingredient is often under the score-mark...since that is where the only "split" is thought to be made)Wow. That is very interesting to know. I guess I had always assumed that the active and inactive ingredients were mixed thoroughly somewhere else and then poured or molded into pills and then dipped in a coating. It never even ocurred to me that pill manufacturing might be so complex that the active ingredient would be centered and then surrounded by the inactive materials. I sometimes splt a Depakote pill, and now I'll have to really think about that. It's not scored at all.
Hmmm. Something to think about. Thanks!
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