Walter Bellhaven
12-29-2007, 09:57 PM
Here's the thing, these are 10mg pills (i believe 625mg aceteminophen) that are pretty bulky, and have a slit in the middle for breaking them in half. I borke one of them in half to try out half a pill first, and I felt it pretty good after about 40 minutes, peaking in about an hour and a half or so.
So I figure, if I take the entire pill, I'll feel it twice as much. So that's what I did, only it wasn't twice as good, in fact, it was more like HALF as good. Here are my theories why:
I took it the next day after taking the half-pill, so tolerance may have been a factor (but only a half-pill one day before, and nothing in the previous days, as opposed to taking it every day for a week. So that seems to weaken the tolerance theory).
One big, bulky pill is harder to digest than the smaller half-pill (I did start to feel the whole pill, but it took a long time, like maybe up to 2 hours, and then it was more of long lasting, but much less intense feeling). This seems to me to be the more likely cause. So as a solution, would these options work:
Break the pill in half, and take both halves at the same time, or; crush the pill into powder and put the powder into a gel capsule (which would be a lot more work than breaking it in half). What do you guys think? And also, what about eating food beforehand? Apparently you should eat if you don't want a stomach ache, but does that weaken the effects? Thank you.
So I figure, if I take the entire pill, I'll feel it twice as much. So that's what I did, only it wasn't twice as good, in fact, it was more like HALF as good. Here are my theories why:
I took it the next day after taking the half-pill, so tolerance may have been a factor (but only a half-pill one day before, and nothing in the previous days, as opposed to taking it every day for a week. So that seems to weaken the tolerance theory).
One big, bulky pill is harder to digest than the smaller half-pill (I did start to feel the whole pill, but it took a long time, like maybe up to 2 hours, and then it was more of long lasting, but much less intense feeling). This seems to me to be the more likely cause. So as a solution, would these options work:
Break the pill in half, and take both halves at the same time, or; crush the pill into powder and put the powder into a gel capsule (which would be a lot more work than breaking it in half). What do you guys think? And also, what about eating food beforehand? Apparently you should eat if you don't want a stomach ache, but does that weaken the effects? Thank you.