{"id":3279,"date":"2006-10-26T07:44:37","date_gmt":"2006-10-26T07:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/diyhealth.com\/?p=3279"},"modified":"2020-05-15T16:21:21","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T10:51:21","slug":"crushed-pills-may-turn-out-fatal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drprem.com\/globalhealthcare\/crushed-pills-may-turn-out-fatal","title":{"rendered":"Crushed Pills may turn out fatal!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What you do when you find it difficult to swallow pills<\/strong>, do you crush it and then swallow? So here is alarming news for you according to which swallowing crushed pills sometimes may prove fatal and may sometimes leads to various side-effects.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When we crush pill then often their complex system gets disturbed and they do not work effectively but in a wrong way. It is estimated that 60% of the older people use this method to swallow medication.<\/p>

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Experts mainly include cancer drug tamoxifen<\/strong>, morphine<\/strong> and blood pressure<\/strong> drug nifedipine<\/strong> in the category of such medicines that should never be taken in crushed form.<\/p>\n

Because this can lead to bad implications such as dizziness, headaches and an increased risk of stroke or heart attack.
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\nSo next time, when you are prescribed medicine make sure that you don’t swallow them in crushed form.<\/p>\n

Via: bbc<\/a><\/p>\n

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