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Old 27th, May 2007, 10:26 AM
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Default Re: Citalopram Error

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Originally Posted by Zoggite View Post
While we're on the subject of cutting tablets in half:
Does anyone else get scripts for 42 monomax XL 60mg tabs, take 1 1/2 tabs in the morning? the box and the leaflet clearly state that the tablets should be swallowed whole, not chewed or broken; so why are they scored? does cutting in half count as 'breaking'?
We do an MDS tray for "One and a half tablets in the morning". When I asked about breaking the tablets I was told that the proprietor had queried it and it was OK. Not got the evidence to hand though.
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