Pill-splitting refers to the practice of splitting a tablet or pill to provide a lower dose of the active ingredient, or to obtain multiple smaller doses, either to reduce cost or because the pills available provide a larger dose than required. Many pills that are suitable for splitting (aspirin tablets for instance) come pre-scored so that they may easily be halved.
The practice is also referred to as tablet scoring.[1]
It is unsafe to split some prescription medications.[2]
- ^ Jacques, Emmanuel Reginald; Alexandridis, Paschalis (2019). "Tablet Scoring: Current Practice, Fundamentals, and Knowledge Gaps". Applied Sciences. 9 (15): 3066. doi:10.3390/app9153066. ISSN 2076-3417.
- ^ FDA viewpoint on pill splitting