GHENT, Belgium, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- People who split tablets may have serious consequences because tablets have a narrow margin between therapeutic and toxic doses, researchers in Belgium say.
Study leader Dr. Charlotte Verrue and colleagues at Ghent University in Belgium had five study subjects -- a pharmacy student, a researcher, a professor, an administrative worker and a laboratory technician -- split eight different-sized tablets using a splitting device, scissors and a kitchen knife. Only the technician had tablet-splitting experience.