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Nurses Drug Handbook by Nursing Spectrum and Nurse Week

Features
Drug Handbook Home
Safe Drug Administration
Identifying Drugs
Commonly Used Drugs
Approvals and Updates
Federal Guidelines
Patient Teaching
Reporting Incidents
About the Author
Table of Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface and User’s Guide
  • Drugs A-Z
  • Safe Drug Administration
  • Photo Gallery of Common Tablets & Capsules
  • Drug Classes
  • Vitamins and Minerals
  • Herbs and Supplements
  • Appendices

Drug Handbook Home > Safe Drug Administration >
Tablets and Capsules NOT to Crush

Crushing extended-release or other long-acting oral drug forms can cause the ingredients to be released all at once instead of gradually. Similarly, crushing can break the coating of enteric-coated drugs, leading to GI irritation. Other drugs may taste bad or have carcinogenic or teratogenic potential when crushed. Never crush the trade-name drugs listed below.

Accutane Nexium
Aciphex Nia-Bid
Adalat CC Niaspan
Aerolate Nicotinic Acid
Aggrenox Nitro-Bid
Allegra D Nitroglyn
Artane Sequels Nitrong
Arthrotec Nitrostat
Asacol Norflex
Bayer EC Norpace CR
Bellergal-S Novafed A
Biaxin XL Oramorph SR
Boniva OxyContin
Calan SR Pancrease MT
Carbatrol PCE
Carbiset-TR Pentasa
Cardene SR Perdiem
Cardizem CD, LA, SR Phazyme
Carter’s Little Pills Phyllocontin
Cartia XT Plendil
Ceclor CD Pneumomist
CellCept Prelu-2
Choledyl SA Prevacid
Claritin-D Prilosec
Colace Pro-Banthine
Colestid Procainamide HCL SR
Compazine Spansules Procardia
Concerta Proscar
Cotazym-S Protonix
Covera-HS Proventil Repetabs
Creon Prozac
Cytovene Quibron-T/SR
Cytoxan Quinaglute Dura-Tabs
Deconamine SR Quinidex Extentabs
Depakene Respaire SR
Depakote Respbid
Desoxyn Gradumets Reyataz
Dexedrine Spansule Ritalin-SR
Diamox Sequels Roxanol SR
Dilacor XR Ru-Tuss
Dilatrate-SR Sinemet CR
Disobrom Slo-bid Gyrocaps
Ditropan XL Slo-Niacin
Donnatal Extentabs Slo-Phyllin GG, Gyrocaps
Donnazyme Slow FE
Drixoral Slow-K
Dulcolax Slow-Mag
DynaCirc CR Sorbitrate SA
Easprin Striant
Ecotrin Sudafed 12 Hour
Effexor XR Sular
Entex LA Sustaire
Erythromycin Base Tavist-D
Eskalith CR Tegretol-XR
Factive Teldrin
Feocyte Ten-K
Feosol Tenuate Dospan
Ferro-Sequel Tessalon Perles
Feratab Theobid Duracaps
Flomax Theochron
Glucotrol XL Theoclear LA
Guaifed Theo-Dur
Ilotycin Theolair-SR
Imdur Theo-Sav
Inderal LA Theospan-SR
Inderide LA Theo-24
Indocin SR Theovent
Isoptin SR Theo-X
Isordil Sublingual, Tembids Thorazine Spansules
Isosorbide Dinitrate Sublingual Tiazac
Kadian Toprol XL
Kaon-Cl T-Phyl
K-Dur Tranxene-SD
Klor-Con Trental
Klotrix Triaminic
K-Tab Trilafon Repetabs
Levbid Trinalin Repetabs
Levsinex Timecaps Tuss-Ornade Spansules
Lexxel Tylenol Extended Relief
Lithobid Ultrase MT
Lodine XL Uniphyl

Lodrane LD

 Verelan
Macrobid Volmax
Mestinon Timespans Voltaren, XR
Methylin ER Wellbutrin SR, XL
Micro-K Extencaps Xanax-XR
Monafed ZORprin
MS Contin Zyban
Naldecon Zymase
Naprelan
 



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