Accurate Pill Splitter, Where To Buy?

[Dizmo]

I'm not sure if 'Shopping' is the right place for this thread. I guess I'm looking to purchase a pill splitter, so maybe it is in the right place.

I have a pill splitter that isn't very good, it often breaks the pills unevenly. It's supposed to break them right down the middle.

Does anyone know of a decent pill splitter that actually cuts pills in half? The tablets are round but aren't completely flat - maybe that is why it never splits them properly. He's a picture of the tablets (to give you an idea of what I mean by the shape) - https://i.lowrex.com/i/Be2Ij.jpg

There are so many pill splitters online and so many reviews. If anyone knows of one that will do the job I need it to do, I'd appreciate your suggestions.

[rockyracoon]

I'm interested in this as I often have to 1/4 my meds. Halving is easy but not so much with the quartering.

[THECORBYLOON]

As they have no line on them, have you confirmed it's appropriate to split them?

[wolf63]

I used a cutter for my cat's medication, this one has a built in crusher. Amazon.co.uk User Recommendation

RR, it wouldn't really be reliable at cutting quarters. Halves are usually cleanly cut - but not always.

[rockyracoon]

Thanks Wolfy. I have used a knife to quarter and it does sort of work (meds don't have to be super accurate), but I would prefer something that I had more control over.

[gness]

You can buy splitters to quarter pills. Spotted that as I was trying to find one on Amazon that I bought for Dave in the pharmacy here. I'll keep looking.

[rockyracoon]

That link looks quite interesting. I wonder would you get away with it in hand luggage on a flight. It'd be great to have a few halves and quarters in a storage container.

[wolf63]

You would have problems with unlabelled tablets.

[gness]

Amazon.co.uk User Recommendation

This is the one I got for Dave to prevent finger loss from using the knife. It's sharp, cuts well and he's happy with it.

[rockyracoon]

'You would have problems with unlabelled tablets.'

Didn't think about that. Sometimes I thinks it's just not worth the bother to go away.

Gness, thank you. Does that one do quarters?

[THECORBYLOON]

DIZMO, does that image show your tablets or is it only to show the shape of the ones you take?

[gness]

It doesn't say that it does, Rocky and Dave only has to half. I'll find a pill and see how it quarters.

[gness]

Rocky, I found a pill the same shape as the one Dizmo has in his OP. It halved perfectly but didn't quarter well. You may need one that says it quarters.

[piggynose]

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[piggynose]

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[piggynose]

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[piggynose]

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[piggynose]

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[Dizmo]

TCL, it's just an image to show the shape. My tablets are a yellow/orange colour. They are the same medication, just mine aren't that colour or brand. The shape is identical though and I find that my tablet splitter doesn't cut them in half properly. My splitter works like the one wolf63 posted a link of.

To save people trying to work out what it is I'm trying to split, it's Longtec Oxycodone 40mg.

[Dizmo]

Maybe if I drilled a hole though the bit where the pill sits so that the pill doesn't move around whilst the blade cuts through?

If I use a countersink bit it might sit even better in the hole. I only ever use it for the one type of tablet so it only has to work for that.

[furrypusscat]

I purchased this in 2018. It is still in use and has been used for both myself and my cat. The crusher is very useful. There are a lot to choose from but this one has worked well for me.

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