2006-09-20 11:51:32 · 2 answers · asked by MOLLY J 1 in Health ➔ Alternative Medicine
I know one that don't and got Smith Kline in an uproar. I was taking PaxilCR and was not getting any better (11 months).
What I did was place two tablets in some warm water to see how long it took for them to desolve. "They didn't". I then placed the regular paxil in a glass of water and it disolved in about 15 minutes. I wrote "Glasco-Smith Kline" and they sent me a letter to fill out, and also sent one to my doctor. Needless to say I'am on the regular paxil...The FDA is killing all of us. Rip off, is not the word for it. The drug companies, the pharmacist, billions, and billions are made yearly. Who do you blame?
2006-09-20 12:03:37 · answer #1 · answered by virginiamayoaunt 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
They dissolve if (and ONLY if) they're supposed to! It is an easy matter to design tablets to dissolve fast, or slow, or not at all. They are all then tested (a sample from each manufacturing lot) to see if they meet the criteria.
Clearly the above poster has no clue. The Paxil CR is NOT SUPPOSED TO dissolve - this version of Paxil is made so that it releases part of the drug immediately and part much later, after it passes through the stomach. It wouldn't work if it all dissolved at once, like the regular Paxil.
2006-09-20 13:01:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋