https://www.walgreens.com/store/c/walgreens-pill-cutter/ID=prod6212105-product?ban=QSP

This is the one DH has, and it seems to work well. I don't know about a teeny pill, though. Maybe talk to the pharmacist at your drug store?

I have cut them with a razor blade. Saw it a little to get it started and then push the blade straight down. Do several so you don't have to do it everyday.

Hmm, I have a straight edge boxcutter that I use to scrape the glass top stove. I could put a new blade in it and try that. It's the skittering away without containment that is mostly the problem, though. Maybe something like a cottage cheese container would work. Thanks.

Could you use the razor blade and do the cutting with your hands inside a large baggie to contain the skittering?

That's pretty brilliant! Thanks!

We have the one faftris linked to. Hub has to cut tiny pills, too, and this one works quite well. Occasionally one half will shatter, but usually he gets it right. I asked the Walgreens pharmacist to cut the pills; she declined and directed me to this pill cutter. It works.

Agree with getting one at the pharmacy. Lots of choices. I’ve had this one for years. Pill fits into the ”V” then the other half with the blade comes down and cuts it. Brand is Quanterron.

This one’s a pill smasher. Pill goes in the white part, and the blue part screws down in to smash the pill. Brand is Apothecary.

Cut a box to make a three-sided diorama and cut inside it.

My pill cutter is an EZE DOSE. It's about $10. Blue cylinder with cutter on one end and crusher at the other end. You push the pill into a "V" shape holder and snap the lid down so the razor in the top can split the pill. Mine was less than $10. I've probably had three over time. The blade gets dull and can't be replaced. It's small, but not so small as to be 'fiddly' in the hand.

Your local pharmacy should have self-contained pill cutters. They're cheap little gizmos and effective at containing the skittering. 😊 I have one similar to Chloebud's, and it has gotten a lot of use over the years.

^Right, they’re very inexpensive and convenient when needed.

Aside from the risk of slicing your fingers to ribbons with a knife, don't forget that you want as precise a cut as possible, so the daily dose stays consistent.

Precisely, Faftris!

mine are like chloebuds first example

patriciae

I've used a pill cutter as well - don't recall the brand tho, and FYI, if the pill is scored, you may be able to simply snap it in half. I wasted a lot of time cutting pills for my mom before I figured that out.

I googled small pill cutter.

Target has this

The problem with the regular v shape is that they are not as accurate with smaller pills.

I would look into speciality ones.

Thanks I was hoping for a recommendation of a cutter for tiny pills. It’s not scored and is way too tiny to pinch. tweezers would be needed. I will definitely take a look at the recommendations. I am usually a successful googler, but didn’t even think to try for small pill cutter!

Keep us posted.

Oly, I will google around later to see if mine is still made. It is fabulous with any size pill. The "v" that holds the pill is rubber and grips it tightly. It holds any size pill and cuts cleanly. I have split a gazillion pills with it (former dog was on a daily med that needed to be quartered!), and it did fine.

Some pills are just more crumbly by design than others too though, which isn't the fault of the splitter.

I'd like to find one where the blade hits the pill square-on -- chop! -- not angled so it slices across the pill, scooting the pill away from the 'V'. It would even be better if the blade were to first encounter the pill on the side away from the point of the 'V', pushing it into the 'V', not away from it.

Let's engineer a better product that stabilizes the pill and cuts cleanly every time.

Or...ask doctors to stop prescribing 'halves' and 'quarters'. Make pills in the right doses.

Just throwing this out there. Compounding pharmacies might be able to pulverise and liquify the pills. Our last dachshund had a bad reaction to his rabies shot, and it sent his immune system into overdrive, making his body destroy his red blood cells. He had to go on the meds that transplant patients take. Of course, he weighed 9 pounds and the meds were designed for an adult. The pharmacy fixed it so that we gave him a dropperful at a time.The dose was consistent. This might be possible solution for your pill. Not every pharmacy does compounding, and it may be that you would have to refrigerate the medication. Worth a phone call.

I keep looking at these and thinking about this thread. Sorry!

Haha!

Granny years ago had a med that required taking half a pill at a time. The V-type cutter I used wasn't much utile ... it sometimes crushed the round little pill or broke it into a smaller and larger piece. Bah!

Neighbor's dog has a med that doses at 1-and-a-half pills. I helped recently when he suffered a broken elbow and was challenged on it with the wrist-to-shoulder cast involved. They're scored so break nicely w/o a cutter.

food, while that looks fun, I'm pretty sure there wouldn't be any usable pill left! I love the link to the smaller pill splitter. I too despised the V and have been watching this thread. Thanks!

I bought this one for my mother and liked it well enough I bought one for this house too. It seems to be accurate. Pieces of a tablet can't shoot out across the room to be searched for.

It does cut, not crush a pill. She had some tremor in her hands and positioning the tablet was a little more difficult for her but I could do a week's worth at a time for her.

Big A pill splitter for all sizes tablets

It looks like the one I have is still made. However, it now gets lousy reviews - so many people say it just doesn't work...so I am loathe to recommend it now. Of course it costs $3.99 at Target too, so there is that.

Also, again I'll say some pills are simply more amenable to splitting cleanly than others - which again, may be more about their ingredients and whatnot, than the quality of the splitter. If you're trying to split anything coated, may the lord have mercy on your soul. (LOL.)

As far as having manufacturers made the right sizes, considering dogs can weigh anything from like 2 pounds to well over a 100 pounds....I suspect the range is a challenge. And the same med can sometimes be appropriate different species, which may need a different dosage as well.

The sweet, now departed dog who was on a pill that needed to be quartered was on the small side, and my veterinarian was astute enough to tell me that if I was up for quartering the pill it would be much cheaper for me as the larger tablets were cheaper per mg than the smaller sizes were. That's when I got really good at splitting pills!

Good luck Oly! Hope you find something that works.

Oly, AI tells me this:

Before cutting any medication, you must first consult with your doctor or pharmacist to confirm that the specific pill is safe to split and that the correct dosage can be maintained. Not all tiny pills can or should be cut, especially those that are:

• Unscored: Pills without an indented line (score line) in the middle are generally not meant to be split evenly.

Thanks doc prescribed it, so have to assume she knows what she’s doing more than AI.

Eileen, for my dog’s last 8 months, he was on mutiple meds. and a few I had to cut that were not scored.

Oly, exactly.