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Health Check: is it OK to chew or crush your medicine?

  • Written by The Conversation
imageLook for a warning on the box before you attempt to crush or chew tablets, or cut capsules open.Erin/Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

Some people are incapable of swallowing tablets because of physical reasons, such as surgery or gastric reflux, while others struggle for psychological reasons. What can these people do when the doctor prescribes a drug that...

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