Pill Sizes

[paranoid_cataclysm]

Why is the 1mg pill bigger than the 10mg pill?

[Xila31]

When I was on Abilify, the generic, I remember they were these ity bity blue pills, they were so tiny I was afraid if I dropped one it would get lost. I was only supposed to take half a dose, so I had to cut them in half. It was nuts.

[Seph1212]

I hear what you're saying. 50 mg Seroquels are tiny. I have to check my glass of water to make sure I haven't back washed any into the glass...especially true when you have to take several at a time. The 25 mg Lamictals are tiny too. Same thing. But that's only short term. The 100 mg tabs are "real" pill sized.

Regarding the 50 mg Seroquels, my doc said that some of her patients try to cut them in half or quarters. Since they're unscored, they're usually obliterated in the process. She said they could just lick them and get the same result. I laughed.

[paranoid_cataclysm]

lol the 10mg Abilify is so small I have problems like ILADVOCATE where it's hard to see and tell if I swallowed it or if it fell out of my mouth or went into my cup/bottle of what I drink it down with.  And just imagine how difficult it was when they were cutting it in half before I went to the full dose.

[ILADVOCATE]

That can vary with each specific medication and its content as well as whether its a generic or not. The active ingredients in the medication itself in all cases are the same but sometimes the other active ingredients might vary for other reasons (such as whether a medication is timed released, coated, etc.) and the inactive ingredients can easily vary (I know one antipsychotic I took a while back had some form of artificial sugar to make it more palatable to swallow) and generic and brand might not be the same exact size as well. I do know a few prescriptions of mine in their smallest size were hard to see, swallow and keep in order so that might be one effort to prevent this. You could ask your pharmacist for more specifics on any medication.

[Xila31]

That is a really good question, actually.

Maybe 1 mg is too small to make into a pill, so they make it with "filler" to keep it from being too tiny? That's the only reason I can think of.