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2. Pill splitting - Wikipedia

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   A pill-splitter holding a tablet ready to split. 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.

3. Tablet (pharmacy) - Wikipedia

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   A caplet is a smooth, coated, oval-shaped medicinal tablet in the general shape of a capsule. Many caplets have an indentation running down the middle, so they may be split in half more easily. [5] Consumers have viewed capsules as the most effective way to take medication ever since they first appeared.

4. Dose (biochemistry) - Wikipedia

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   A pill splitter can be used to divide some tablets in half. This cuts the dose in half. Prescription drug doses are often based on body weight. [3] Drugs come with a recommended dose in milligrams or micrograms per kilogram of body weight, and that is used in conjunction with the patient's age and body weight to determine a safe dose.

5. Upjohn - Wikipedia

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   The company was originally formed to make friable pills, specifically designed to crush easily, and thus be easier for patients to digest. Upjohn initially marketed the pills to doctors by sending them a wooden plank along with a rival’s pill and one of Upjohn’s, with instructions to try to hammer the pills into the plank.

6. Capsule (pharmacy) - Wikipedia

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   [citation needed] For this reason, producers of drugs such as OTC analgesics wanting to emphasize the strength of their product developed the "caplet", a portmanteau of "capsule-shaped tablet", [1] to tie this positive association to more efficiently produced tablet pills, as well as being an easier-to-swallow shape than the usual disk-shaped ...

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