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chewed Mirtazapine, what will it do?

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pixie22
pixie22

Last night I accidentally crunched up my mirtazapine tablet. it was on the plate and it stuck to my sandwich! The label says "swallow whole do not chew". Has anyone got experience of what might happen? I had more vivid dreams last night, but that might be a coincidence.

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  • tyler99619
    tyler99619 pixie22

    Posted

    You should be fine the only reason it says do not chew is simply for the amount of time before it breaks down and gets absorbed into your system.

    You may have found that it hit you a bit faster than usual x

  • evergreen
    evergreen pixie22

    Posted

    It's fine. It just tastes horrible. At the moment I am tapering off mirtazapine and am grinding my pills to a powder and mixing them up in liquid form. It works fine.
  • Calmer
    Calmer pixie22

    Posted

    Oh yes, you'll be ok, I used to worry about that but there won't be an outcome at all.  A lot of people break them up with a pill cutter when they are tapering, so it's perfectly fine.

    Good job the dog didn't get it, or the cat smile  

    x

  • pixie22
    pixie22

    Posted

    Thanks for the reassurance. Nothing untoward has happened -yet - but I will be more careful in future.
  • si675
    si675 pixie22

    Posted

    When i was taking them I was actually told to chew or suck them.
  • wayne1962
    wayne1962 pixie22

    Posted

    Hmmm. What was in the sandwich?
    • pixie22
      pixie22 wayne1962

      Posted

      Ha ha! It was just margarine so I knew something was wrong when it crunched!
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