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Can Onglyza Be Cut In Half For Dosing? My Pharmacy

Can Onglyza be cut in half for dosing? My pharmacy and insurance are saying I should split the 5mg tablets to achieve my 2.5mg dose. However the prescribing information clearly states the tablets should not be split or cut. Are there safety concerns with tablet splitting? Or is it just that bioequivalence has not been determined for the official 2.5mg tablet and a cut-in-half 5 mg tablet?
posted on Sat, 1 Aug 2015
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