Good start.....not!

Have managed to get to this point with no further injuries. The giant thumb is still 'stooning'......(good Scots word for throbbing!)

Just make sure that the pharmacy has made a note of your injury so that they can refer to it when you consult them next week as these things don't get passed on sometimes.

I find home made plasters, lint and elastic fabric strapping, are better than plasters out of a box etc as you can make them to fit better. I hope by now that you have stopped bleeding and are feeling better.

You would think that they would make your tablets in 7.5mg strength though, it sounds like others would have similar problems. Maybe the pill cutter manufacturer needs to be told about it too, sounds dangerous.

Sounds sore and awkward but what a brilliant excuse not to do the washing up

Ouch and double ouch! Hope it's better soon.

We have a pill cutter and I hide it well away from the GC.

Am now stuck together....turns out it was quite a deep cut, and have dressing on the top. Thumb now looks like cartoon drawing-just need the ouch-y throb lines radiating from it! Bit peeved as I was hoping to start x stitch sampler for our new gc due any day.

I'm taking up the whole issue of pills and deadly instruments with pharmacy next week as it's relief pharmacist today - she was very kind but has no authority.

Have you kept pressure on it for long enough before putting a plaster on?

I cut my finger very badly once and wrapped it tightly in a thick wadge of kitchen roll and selllotaped that, it was all I could find as I was not at my own house. Plasters don't always provide enough pressure in the right place.
Leave a bit of skin showing at the top if you can, so you can check it not turning blue.

Phone the chemist straight away and tell them; they will have changed brand [to get the cheapest version]. If you know the brand you were on before they should be able to supply that one for you..if not another chemist may have that brand in stock and could supply it for you. The chemist needs to know, both for patients that are on it now and for future reference.

I had to throw away one dangerous pill cutter. And my current one although safer is inaccurate.

Perhaps not when you're passing cars though.

Sorry!

Have you put the plaster on very tight? I don't reckon much on steri strips. They come off in my experience. (Garden shears/lavender bushes)

Stick your thumb in the air.

It's bad that this company is making the pills without a break line. There must be many others who are having to risk life and limb (or at least a finger!) cutting them in half according to the dosage they're on.

Definitely take it up with the pharmacy.

Ask your doc to lower the dose to 5 mgs! (only joking)

finger injuries are so sore.

Think I may pop in past and get some steri strips as I'm still bleeding after 3 hours. Grrrr!

Bloomin' heck I hope my grandma's tablets never need to be cut in half. She will have me there 10 times a day cutting them each and every time she needs one. Either that or I will walk into a blood bath. (shouldn't laugh, how horrible am I?)

How awful Katek [genuine sympathy emoticon]

Do you need to have it looked at? Are you near a chemist so you could get some steristrips to help it close?

Yes VQ, no 2.5mg tablet.

Merlot....thought about getting dh to do them but then remembered he's on blood thinners! Thanks for the vino:-)!
Jen....good point, will mention it to pharmacist.

I'm still leaking....plaster no 4 coming up.

Do the meds come in 5mg form?

Make sure you tell the chemist before you order the next lot. They should be concerned about patient safety.

I'll send you a get well , Katek but make sure you drink it after you've cut your pills in half.

Thanks for the flowers Jings! Merlot.... maybe knife is safer after this morning's escapade!

What's a pill cutter? I've always used a veg knife

Ouch!

Get a safer pill cutter.

Oh btw.

Cos I'm on 7.5mg and they're prescribed in 5mg tablets. Used to get ones with a break line on them, but last prescription was from different manufacturer with no break line. Do

Do you think I should get injury lawyers on the case?