watgate Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 My kidney Dr put me on Caraten 12.5 twice daily, once in the morning and once in the evening. I need to refill my prescription and will try to contact my Dr's office after 5 pm to try and get an answer to the following question. I have gone to several pharmacies and one pharmacist said I can use the Caraten 25 and just split it in two and use 1/2 the pill in the morning and 1/2 the pill in the evening. It sounds plausible to me and was wondering what the resident expert Sheryl thought of this approach.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheryl Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 As it is a scored tablet splitting it in half should be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lopburi3 Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 (edited) As said they are pre-cut for doing so (and easily hand split - no need for knife or cutter on the 6,25 I use). Edited September 18, 2018 by lopburi3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chubby Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 as long as you don't stop and start betablockers, like carvidelol , that can be dangerous , eg don't allow the prescription to finish before you have a refill 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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