gonadman

It depends on what type of pill it is. Many pills, especially blood pressure medications, are manufactured in such a way to allow timed release of the ingredients. This is helpful in decreasing the number of pills taken daily and helps to control problems like high blood pressure and diabetes over a 24 hour period. Crushing these pills will destroy the matrix and can be downright dangerous, releasing all the active ingredient at once instead of timed release(as in oxycontin abuse). Many of these brand name tabs have initials like LA, XR,CD,XL after the name. Obviously , crushing a time release tab will decrease its ability to control your symptoms over 24 hours

Most anti-inflammatories and pain meds(except oxycontin) are not timed release and can be crushed without loss of effectiveness, but it is important to check with your doc or pharmacist regarding your particular pill.

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