splitting a cialis tab?

Question by Nitemare: splitting a cialis tab? well i got 2 20mg tabs and i thought i would split it in half ? would it be ok ? Best answer:

Answer by Patti
Medicines are prescribed considering how much you need based on body weight, condition, etc. It's possible that 10mg might not be effective, at all, so you just wasted a tablet (because you now have another ineffective half a tablet left). Whether Cialis or any other drug in tablet form, if there is a score or line where you break the pill in half, then it's permissible to do so (IF you're prescribed a dose that is half what the mg of the pill is). However, if the pill doesn't have a line down the middle, the pill shouldn't be broken in half. Why? Because the active ingredient in scored pills is spread evenly throughout the pill, if you take half you get half the total dosage; if it's not scored, the pills may be processed with the active ingredient on one side of the pill. Taking half of an unscored pill might give you 80% of the med... or 10%... or 95%... you just don't know how it's dispersed in the tablet.

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