Crushing Pills

[JimBath]

Hello All,

If I crush my wife's Metformin HCL pills, will it be harmful to her in any way? Does anyone do this? I cannot find an answer to this question anywhere. My wife is 66 years old and fairly beatup with health problems over the past decade. The Metformin pills are so big she often chokes on them.

Any ideas will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

James H. Bath

[lordnine]

You can crush the plain metformin hcl pills. They only ones you shouldn't are the extended release versions(Metformin ER)

Kyle - Pharmacy Tech and Rockstar!

[JimBath]

quote:Originally posted by lordnine

You can crush the plain metformin hcl pills. They only ones you shouldn't are the extended release versions(Metformin ER)

Kyle - Pharmacy Tech and Rockstar!

Thanks, Kyle. Good to hear that.

James Bath