Crushing Capsules of medication

Rx Crush Pill Pouches and Pill Crusher can be used to prepare doses of medications that come in capsules needing to be dissolved for introduction into enteral feeding tubes or mixed into food. Review the How to Use video here to become familiar with the steps for using Rx Crush. https://www.rxcrush.com/how-it-works. Here are some steps to accomplish this.

 Specifically for capsules; cut an end off of the capsule and pour the medication into an RxCrush Pill pouch. Seal the pouch and follow the steps to inject solution into the pouch and shake the solution to dissolve the medication. Capsules don't break down and won't dissolve in the pill pouch so extract the medication by opening the capsule.  Repeat as many times as necessary to dissolve all the medication.

Be award of capsulized medications that shouldn't be crushed.  Coatings of capsules and sometimes the medication pellets inside the capsule, are meant to control the release of the medication.  Pharmacists at the hospitals should make the decision whether any medication should or shouldn't be crushed including those in capsule form. 

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