"AnthonyL" wrote in message
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On Sun, 17 Jun 2018 17:09:10 -0000 (UTC), Chris
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Anyone else have issues doing this successfully? I can *never* seem to
get the damn things right down the middle and the score-lines the
manufacturers put on are no help at all.
The particular pills I'm on are a bit too strong even when split
accurately in two. I really need a dose of between 35 and 40% of a whole
pill which comes out at about 0.9mg. I have found pill-splitters to be
totally useless. The only viable solution I can think of is to dissolve a
whole tablet (2.5mg) in 100ml of distilled water in a graduated cylinder,
then syphoning off 35-40ml with a needle-less syringe. I'd like your
feedback and observations before I try this, though. AIUI, water does not
attack the active ingredient in question (diazepam) but light *does* so
provided I keep the fractions in light-tight bottles for not too long I
should be alright, provided I haven't overlooked anything. Have I?


A few years ago I mentioned to a couple of friends that I took low
dosage aspirin by breaking up a 300mg tablet into 4 or 5. They both
immediately looked at me in horror - one was a Chemist, the other was
a medical Doctor. They explained that there was no way of knowing the
the medical dose was evenly spread across the aspirin which contained
other elements to help with binding and stomach protection etc.

I then resolved to dissolve the aspirin and use a small portion of
that each day.

Makes more sense to buy the low dose pills.