Posted by Tomatheus on June 21, 2008, at 22:05:24
In reply to Nardil starting dosage question, posted by Four Feathers on June 21, 2008, at 18:00:55
> I have not even opened the bottle as I am beginning my second wash-out week prior to beginning Nardil, but I had understood that the coating on these was hard and may make it difficult to split.
Nope, not anymore. The "old" Nardil that was manufactured up until the fall of 2003 had a hard enteric coating that protected the contents of the tablets until they reached the small intestine. Pfizer's "new" Nardil is film coated, and it's my understanding that the versions of the medication marketed in the U.K. and Australia are film coated as well.
> Probably nothing a pill splitter would not solve, but are there any concerns of the medication releasing too early, etc when the pill is split?
Not anymore with the film coating. In the past, splitting ("old") Nardil tablets would have stopped the enteric coating from protecting the contents of the tablets until they reached the small intestine. Now that Nardil's coating is designed to dissolve in the stomach, this is no longer an issue (so, 7.5 mg should be fine).
Hope this helps.
Tomatheus
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