Citalopram Error

[admin]

Originally Posted by Zoggite

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'?

I looked at this and it mentions 30mg a dose.

http://www.trinity-chiesi.co.uk/files/Monomax%20XL.pdf

Are they made of those durules like Imdur is - they are ok to break in half.

[pharmacopola]

Originally Posted by Zoggite

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?

I commonly see this script - I know the SPC for Imdur (also ISMO 60mg XL) states that the tablet can be halved to give a 30mg dose, so long as the dose taken is not crushed or chewed. I assume the same can be said for monomax, as the extended release matrix of ISMO allows half a tablet to be taken without a drastic effect on release proflie, although disintegration is more rapid. Link to an interesting UKMi article below...

http://www.ukmicentral.nhs.uk/pressu...SMN%2060mg.pdf