Re: crushing/dissolving valtrex pill

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Hey ,

I just saw your post & didn't notice it having been answered...

Yes, you can wash off the blue dye, then crush and dissolve the pill.  Takes a

little stirring but it will.  I wonder if a compounding pharmacy would be

cheaper if they just gave you the easy-to-suspend/disolve powder in a capsule? 

I'd just crush it though.

How old is your child?  Can she swallow small solids?  If at all humanly

possible, I'd teach her to swallow the pills asap.  My youngest was 2 when I

" taught " him to.  I actually didn't teach them - just told them once they

learned to put pills straight into their tummy (after he asked what I was doing,

watching me swallowing my pills), they wouldn't have to taste yucky

meds.  Big brother (3 not yet 4) promptly picked his us pills (cut washed &

ready to crush) and swallowed it ... " like this? " .  I freaked out and so

little

2 yr old brother did the same.  Now they take all their pills at once - better

than I ever could.  I could barely swallow a tylenol till I was in my late 20s

lol.

HTH, but if not an option, I'm certain you can disolve it yourself.

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From: brd5 <brd5@...>

Sent: Wed, October 20, 2010 11:57:23 AM

Subject: crushing/dissolving valtrex pill

 

(sorry if this is a faq, I tried to use the search feature, but always

gives me a server busy msg)

Hey all. Dr. R prescribed valtrex for our daughter. She has a g-button and so

the first time we had it filled, he wrote it as a suspension. Well, turns out

our insurance won't cover it as a suspension, so we had to pay $130. That was

after we found a pharmacy that could even do it. Our usual pharmacy that has

compounded everything for us for the last 2 years couldn't even do it because

they " didn't have a recipe " . I also tried a walgreens that compounds, but they

wanted $218.

Anyway, we're going to try just getting the pills and crushing them ourselves.

Dr. R said he's had good luck then sprinkling the powder in applesauce, yogurt,

etc. This might work, but I'm also thinking we could just mix it with 15cc of

water and push it with a syringe. I've mixed meds that came as a powder, like

nexium, but we haven't crushed our own yet.

Has anyone here done this? Is valtrex soluble once you get the coating off?

Thanks!

Ft. Worth, TX