Usage is fairly simple. Above is the before and after view for splitting an ibuprofen pill. You just place the pill in the soft plastic, grooved location, and close the cover. You then press hard on the top and the pill splits. That is all there is to it. There is no sharp blade involved here, just hard plastic that is safe to the touch. You do have to press hard to get the pill to split, but it is just pressure that you must apply to the top. Since you don't have to try to hold the pill in place so you can cut with a knife, it is actually pretty safe and easy, but it is a hard press before the pill eventually splits.
The pill splitter works best with oblong pills as the grooved plastic is shaped that way. However, as shown above, it works fairly well for round pills, too, at least for half dosages. If you have trouble getting the pill to split in the right location to get half dosage, close the top of the unit part of the way and then line up the pill. This will assure proper sizing. Getting a quarter dosage will be more difficult as it requires two splits, but you'll run into the same issues using a knife.
The plastic poly blade has both its pros and cons. You can safely clean the unit in water without risk of a steel blade rusting. It won't wear down easily either. However, it clearly isn't a blade, so you must press hard for the pill to split. This might be more difficult for the older crowd with less arm strength. But placing the unit on a hard surface like a table when you split the pill helps.
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Nice to know of this product! Have a hard time taking pills since ive been remission from throat cancer. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteIts helpful to know that such a product as the pill-splitter exists. It very difficult to split a pill evenly. In fact, most times, its just impossible.
ReplyDeleteThis is great! I have some pills that look like they are for horses, I have to split them to be able to take one, and what a hassle! I never heard of this before!
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