Chewable medications?!
Question:
Chewable medications?
Anyone know how I can find a list of what prescription medications are available in chewable tablets? The ones I take are not, but I'm hoping a different brand may have them. I'm looking for high blood pressure, cholesterol, diuretics, urinary incontinence, diabetes, acid reflux.
Additional Details2 weeks ago
dwp_hornblower:
What about crushing? Wouldn't that be the same? My doc wants me to crush or chew all my meds.
Answers:
You aren't going to find chewable medication in the categories mentioned. Most of those are slow release.
The medications need to be released slowly and in a controlled fashion. In other words, the stomach needs to dissolve them slowly. Chewing them completely overrides this. Therefore, there isn't even a way to make it chewable from the beginning.