Guest guest Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 These were the instructions I got from a helpful list member, so I'll pass them on. I got 50 mg pills, not capsules, so I'm not sure the same instructions would apply. I asked my pharmacist for a bottle and something to measure the small doses with, and he gave me an orange plastic bottle and needle-less syringe for free. I don't find it bitter at all; I just put it in a cup with water. > You just put 50 ml distilled water in a small brown glass pill bottle, drop in the 50 mg > tablet, & let it dissolve. Shake it a few times. Use a syringe to draw up your dose. You > can take it straight with a chaser or mix it with a bit of juice. It is bitter, but not awful. > With this 1:1 ratio, dosing is easy, 1 ml = 1 mg. It needs to be refrigerated, and is > good for at least a month. Vickie On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Baker <vbaker@...> wrote: [snip] > Can someone help her know how she can break down her capsules to a smaller > dose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 5, 2010 Report Share Posted November 5, 2010 Unfortunately this doesn't work with 4.5mg capsules. There is a lot of filler in the capsule. Actually I've realized what a person can do: If someone opened the capsule and dissolved the contents of it into 2 Tablespoons of water and then drank 1 Tablespoon of the liquid, that would give them a dose of 2.25mg. If a person dissolved the contents of the capsule into 3 Tablespoons of water and then drank 1 Tablespoon of the liquid, that would give them a dose of 1.12mg. The remaining liquid should be refrigerated and can be taken on the next two subsequent nights. -- At 05:58 PM 11/4/2010, you wrote: >These were the instructions I got from a helpful list member, so I'll >pass them on. I got 50 mg pills, not capsules, so I'm not sure the >same instructions would apply. I asked my pharmacist for a bottle and >something to measure the small doses with, and he gave me an orange >plastic bottle and needle-less syringe for free. I don't find it >bitter at all; I just put it in a cup with water. > > > You just put 50 ml distilled water in a small brown glass pill bottle, > drop in the 50 mg > > tablet, & let it dissolve. Shake it a few times. Use a syringe to draw > up your dose. You > > can take it straight with a chaser or mix it with a bit of juice. It is > bitter, but not awful. > > With this 1:1 ratio, dosing is easy, 1 ml = 1 mg. It needs to be > refrigerated, and is > > good for at least a month. > >Vickie > >On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Baker <vbaker@...> wrote: >[snip] > > Can someone help her know how she can break down her capsules to a smaller > > dose? > > >------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 i want to thank all of you who answered me on my whining.... god bless you all. we will go to the hospital tomorrow for the dr.'s to put a tube with light on it, into tom's lungs. they will find out if there is a tumor or not. hopefully they'll find out where the blood is coming from. my mama is still the same, .... she's old and not got anything else to build back on. i just hope i can go and see her, after we get the results on tom's tests. i've taken my third fentonol patch now, one every 72 hours. i don't see much difference in my pain relief yet. still taking 30mg of lortab a day, for the breakthru pain. ....lol.... there is no " breakthru " pain.....its constant...there are so many people on here, that take so many different kinds of pain meds, its just finding the right ones. by the time you find one that works, its stops because you've been taking it so long... but,....i wake up every morning, look outside, and thank God i'm here. spring is so beautifull. i finally got a golf cart to ride around the yard in. it had been so long since i'd been able to get outside and just get around to look at every thing. wish i could get in the dirt again and have a garden and flowers. thank you all again. its good to see e mails from you all, knowing you all care. i love you all. this group is my family , to talk to ya'll, .....nobody else understands. i type with one, or two fingers....my hands are messed up...lol.... joints look like z " s....lol.... have a good day ya'll. take good care of yourselves. Betty -- NUMBERS 6: 24-26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 Betty, I am so pleased the world looks brighter today. Spring is wonderful. Weather affects our physical and emotional pain a lot. I pray your husbands tests are optimistic. May your Mother be comfortable. Cordially, Raniolo From: bettygates tds.net <bettygates@...> Subject: [ ] thank you " " < > Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 10:47 AM  i want to thank all of you who answered me on my whining.... god bless you all. we will go to the hospital tomorrow for the dr.'s to put a tube with light on it, into tom's lungs. they will find out if there is a tumor or not. hopefully they'll find out where the blood is coming from. my mama is still the same, .... she's old and not got anything else to build back on. i just hope i can go and see her, after we get the results on tom's tests. i've taken my third fentonol patch now, one every 72 hours. i don't see much difference in my pain relief yet. still taking 30mg of lortab a day, for the breakthru pain. ....lol.... there is no " breakthru " pain.....its constant...there are so many people on here, that take so many different kinds of pain meds, its just finding the right ones. by the time you find one that works, its stops because you've been taking it so long... but,....i wake up every morning, look outside, and thank God i'm here. spring is so beautifull. i finally got a golf cart to ride around the yard in. it had been so long since i'd been able to get outside and just get around to look at every thing. wish i could get in the dirt again and have a garden and flowers. thank you all again. its good to see e mails from you all, knowing you all care. i love you all. this group is my family , to talk to ya'll, .....nobody else understands. i type with one, or two fingers....my hands are messed up...lol.... joints look like z " s....lol.... have a good day ya'll. take good care of yourselves. Betty -- NUMBERS 6: 24-26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 6, 2011 Report Share Posted April 6, 2011 Hi Betty.  I hope Tom fares well with the test results.  I was so sorry to read that your Mother is so sick. I so hope you are able to go and see her. I am sure she will be so very happy to see you.  I am happy you got a golf cart and now can go out in your yard. Yes, I love the Spring and I love to have a flower garden also. My son has made a nice small flower garden outside my bedroom window, and he plants the flowers for me as I can;t get down into the dirt. It is my Cape Cod garden. Today I decided to go to Lowe;s and check out thier flowers. I was happy I did. I bought 3 pink Hydrangers which I love, and a white Jasmine vine for my little garden. I have a nice metal trellis so the Jasmine will like that! I too love to be outside when I can. I am happy for you that you can now go out anytime you want. I love the fresh air and all of nature.  I hope your pain patches begin to work for you and get you out of all your pain. My girlfriend has them and she had to get a stronger dose to get rid of her pain, and that worked well for her.  Go outside as much as you can, I know you will love it.  I know you are suffering so much now, and I wish you many, many pain free days ahead.  Hugs,  Barbara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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