Re: Pills

[PEC2851]

In a message dated 11/28/05 12:05:36 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I've had mixed success with crushing pills and trying to make them into my own solution. Some do NOT dissolve and the chunks wont go through a syringe tip. I'd suggest if you want to attempt it, buy a mortar and pestle first. I don't own one, but I would buy one before I attempted that again. Yeah, I find it easier doing my own "compounding" too. The pills you refer to, like zithromax and erythromycin, have that "coating" and that stuff doesn't crush any better using a mortar & pestle.... Very frustrating cause when I NEEDED to make an erythromycin oral solution at the shelter during our spirochete epidemic, the ONLY erythro I could get were the coated pills - not an easy chore, plus I don't think the "finished" product was as effective....... Patti