swallow pill or crush it?

[12344321]

when taking proscar, anyone crush it up into dust and drink it?

im thinking maybe it will get into your system better that way? sometimes i wonder if that tiny 1/4 of proscar is so small that when i swallow it, it just passes right through me and doesnt change anything. Ive taken 1/4 proscar for about 9 months and havent felt a change or seen one, so maybe ill start crushing them from now on.

 

[Healthy Nick]

that's a good idea.

 

[Stingray]

Very good idea.

 

[bombscience]

how does this help with absorption?

 

[Healthy Nick]

how does this help with absorption?

because most of the work is already done. your body doesn't have to waste time and energy breaking the pill down. you skip a bunch of steps and go straight to absorption. Propecia is such a small, hard pill, that I bet it never gets broken down or absorped properly.

 

[Bryan]

I agree with the replies here...I think people should chew-up their Propecia and Proscar tablets, just to be on the safe side. I wouldn't "crush it up" externally and swallow it, just chew it up in your mouth and swallow.

My mother once had an incident where a prescription drug that she was taking (I think it was high blood-pressure medication) passed ALL THE WAY through her completely intact! When she told the pharmacist about it later, he was in a state of shock! He said he'd never heard of such a thing like that happening before!

Frankly, I think it might happen more often than we think. Don't take ANY chances: chew up your medications and swallow, UNLESS THEY ARE SPECIFICALLY FORMULATED TO BE TIMED-RELEASE (check with your doctor or pharmacist to be absolutely sure about that). The same goes for vitamins and minerals and other nutritional supplements.

Bryan

 

[Healthy Nick]

I've also heard of many reports of people getting X-Rays(or other special scans) and there being thousands of pills inside them.

 

[bombscience]

wow.. you think that pharmacies would test those sorts of things...

i'm going to chew from now on...

 

[Mikey]

how about crushing and stiring it into a small glass of water??

 

[12344321]

i guess then that ill be chewing them from now on.

what ill be doing is putting it in my mouth dry, chew it up, swallow it, then rinse it down with water to get any remaining partictles to go down.

 

[Thinning]

I think the best method is to crush them into a fine powder and snort them!

 

[Bryan]

how about crushing and stiring it into a small glass of water??

Why go to the trouble? Just pop them in your mouth, chew them up, and swallow them down with your favorite beverage. I've been doing that with nutritional supplements for about, oh, the last 25 years or so...

Bryan