Kera
Experienced
- Jul 16, 2023
- 260
Hello,
as a Otto regularconsumer, I have limited access to prescription drugs for ctb.
SN is no longer an option for me. I only have amitriptyline as dragees (coated tablets).
So I wanted to take propranolol with amitriptyline as well as domperidone, zopiclone and Tavor.
I take domperidone 24 hours before.
24g Propranolol crushed (finely ground) with water.
Amitriptyline is the problem. I wanted to take amitriptyline as a booster because I don't have verapamil.
According to my research, coated tablets must not be crushed because their coating protects the stomach lining. If this coating is no longer intact, the tablet dissolves in the stomach and not in the small intestine. The active ingredient would be destroyed in the stomach and thus become ineffective.
Some active pharmaceutical ingredients used in medicines react very sensitively to acids. On contact with gastric acid, these substances begin to decompose. This is not desirable in every respect. The coating of the coated tablets is made of shellac, for example, and ensures that the medicine passes through the stomach and only develops its effect in the intestine.
My dragées are coated with shellac, sugar etc.
Now the intended use is different.
I'm concerned that the active substance will go to waste or be destroyed in the stomach when the mortar is used. And thus the amitriptyline is ineffective.
Do you see it the same way?
In case I can't crush amitriptyline (5g, 100 dragées), I learned from a user:
Pills are not just about the drug, but also about some fillers added to the drug. And if you take enough of them, these fillers form a solid ball in your stomach called a bollus.
Wozz states:
Sometimes a very large amount of tablets needs to be taken. 6 g of antidepressant would be 240 tablets of 25 mg each. It is therefore advisable to grind them finely and mix them with pudding or yoghurt.
Sometimes capsules or coated tablets are prescribed. The former can be opened and their contents scattered. Coated tablets cannot be crushed or opened; they must be swallowed whole with yoghurt or pudding.
Düber replaces pudding with applesauce.
Yes, now I'm a bit confused?
Would 100 dragées also already lead to a bolus, whether with or without applesauce?
If so, how many dragees would be safe?
Or is only 24g propranolol without amitriptyline enough?
I wanted still to swallow 20 Zopiclone (150mg) film tablets and 4 Tavor (4mg) whole.
I am not an expert. Even though I have done a lot of research, in the end there are still a few questions? unanswered. I can't ask the doctor or pharmacist. I would be very grateful for any answers!
as a Otto regularconsumer, I have limited access to prescription drugs for ctb.
SN is no longer an option for me. I only have amitriptyline as dragees (coated tablets).
So I wanted to take propranolol with amitriptyline as well as domperidone, zopiclone and Tavor.
I take domperidone 24 hours before.
24g Propranolol crushed (finely ground) with water.
Amitriptyline is the problem. I wanted to take amitriptyline as a booster because I don't have verapamil.
According to my research, coated tablets must not be crushed because their coating protects the stomach lining. If this coating is no longer intact, the tablet dissolves in the stomach and not in the small intestine. The active ingredient would be destroyed in the stomach and thus become ineffective.
Some active pharmaceutical ingredients used in medicines react very sensitively to acids. On contact with gastric acid, these substances begin to decompose. This is not desirable in every respect. The coating of the coated tablets is made of shellac, for example, and ensures that the medicine passes through the stomach and only develops its effect in the intestine.
My dragées are coated with shellac, sugar etc.
Now the intended use is different.
I'm concerned that the active substance will go to waste or be destroyed in the stomach when the mortar is used. And thus the amitriptyline is ineffective.
Do you see it the same way?
In case I can't crush amitriptyline (5g, 100 dragées), I learned from a user:
Pills are not just about the drug, but also about some fillers added to the drug. And if you take enough of them, these fillers form a solid ball in your stomach called a bollus.
Wozz states:
Sometimes a very large amount of tablets needs to be taken. 6 g of antidepressant would be 240 tablets of 25 mg each. It is therefore advisable to grind them finely and mix them with pudding or yoghurt.
Sometimes capsules or coated tablets are prescribed. The former can be opened and their contents scattered. Coated tablets cannot be crushed or opened; they must be swallowed whole with yoghurt or pudding.
Düber replaces pudding with applesauce.
Yes, now I'm a bit confused?
Would 100 dragées also already lead to a bolus, whether with or without applesauce?
If so, how many dragees would be safe?
Or is only 24g propranolol without amitriptyline enough?
I wanted still to swallow 20 Zopiclone (150mg) film tablets and 4 Tavor (4mg) whole.
I am not an expert. Even though I have done a lot of research, in the end there are still a few questions? unanswered. I can't ask the doctor or pharmacist. I would be very grateful for any answers!