Re: illegals in prescription antibiotics, grinding tablets

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What is best to grind medicine tablets with, without losing any

medicine? A mortar and pestle like you would get in the kitchen store and

use for grinding spices? Or do you put it in a good processor with apples

or applesauce or whatever else you are going to mix it with?

mother of Adam (8, PDD-NOS, Lyme, asthma, egg allergy, SCD 7/06)

At 12:49 PM 10/19/2006, you wrote:

>,

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>The tablet forms of those meds, while they do still contain some illegal

>starches, at least have no sugar or artificial color and flavorings.

>Katera needed antibiotics for an ear infection a couple of years ago and I

>requested the tablets (amoxicillin), which I then ground up and mixed in

>applesauce. I asked the pharmacist if it was okay to do that and she said

>yes... no problem. Unfortunately, Katera then had an allergic reaction to

>the antibiotic and can't ever have any of the 'cillin drugs again.... but

>oh, well!

>

>Elaine Gottschall always said that we should do the best we can to

>eliminate illegals but when it comes to a medication, if the child needs

>the drug, then they must have it, despite a bit of illegal starch.

>

>Katera takes a seizure med every day (Keppra) that I get in tablet form

>and grind up...... and yes, there are starch fillers, but I could never

>afford a compounded version. This prescription as we get it now costs $350

>a month! ($50 out of pocket for us... just the co-pay). Our ins would not

>cover a compounded version.

>

>Patti

>

> dealing with illegals in prescription antibiotics

>

>Do the tablet forms of amoxicillin and zithromax have fewer illegals in them,

>and can they be ground up without destroying the antibiotic?

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[Guest guest]

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I've tried those pill crusher doo-hickies that you buy at pharmacies ... and in

my opinion, they are WORTHLESS.

I bought a really inexpensive ceramic pestle at a kitchen shop... I think it

was less than three dollars. I use it to grind Katera's tablets in a small

custard cup. I have some little pottery-stoneware type ones with a smooth,

glazed inner surface... and I also use the little tiny clear glass Pyrex

custard cups.

Some of the powdered tablet sometimes sticks to the end of the pestle... and I

just scrape it off with the blade of a knife. Then, I just add applesauce to the

custard cup, stir it around a bit and feed it to her. Her medicine is pretty

bitter tasting, but she is a trouper and hangs in there for those few bites...

then I give her a bite or two of " fresh " applesauce as a " chaser " . You might

have to add some honey if the med is really foul tasting.

Patti

Re: illegals in prescription antibiotics, grinding

tablets

What is best to grind medicine tablets with, without losing any

medicine? A mortar and pestle like you would get in the kitchen store and

use for grinding spices? Or do you put it in a good processor with apples

or applesauce or whatever else you are going to mix it with?

mother of Adam (8, PDD-NOS, Lyme, asthma, egg allergy, SCD 7/06)

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For my youngest son, when he was maybe 4 or 5, I used the pill-crusher and put

the crushed-pill-powder plus the nasty powder from opened Monolaurin capsules

into a little shot glass, added a bit of honey, and stirred like mad until the

powder was incorporated in the honey . I offered a chaser of juice, but my son

insisted on a chaser of water before the juice so the nasty taste didn't ruin

the taste of the juice! Shot glass, then water, then juice. And on his own

initiative, he asked to be taught how to swallow pills like his older siblings.

Lorilyn