My doctor suggested lowering the dose because I'm having a side effect (blinking) but I didn't think I needed to. Now it's worse and I want to lower the dose tonight.
Can I cut a 2mg tablet of risperidone in half to get 1mg or do I need a new percription?
Question posted by courtjb88 on 9 April 2015
Last updated on 18 April 2015 by Anonymous
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Inactive
18 April 2015
As long as the pill is scored you can break it in half. The score makes sure there is the same amount of medicine in each half once it is cut.
kaismama
9 April 2015
As long as its a plain tablet you can. It should have a score marking to cut it.
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