Which pill splitter is best? You probably needed to cut your pills into halves or quarters at some point in your life. And if you tried to cut the pills with traditional cutting tools like knives or ...

UnitedHealthcare, the nation’s second largest insurer, is giving away pill splitters and offering half-price drugs for those who split double-strength pills, cutting the patient’s insurance copayment ...

The cost of prescription drugs is driving patients to desperate measures. A growing practice is pill splitting, in which patients buy double-strength medicines then cut them in half. The Medicare ...

Pill splitters are sold at pharmacies and large discount stores and can cost anywhere from $3 to $10. Another point worth mentioning: Medications can be safely split only in half, never in thirds or ...

LOS ANGELES You can often save a bundle by buying the larger milligram dose and splitting the pills, but splitting some /*prescriptions*/ is just bad medicine. If you take medications on a regular ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Slicing certain pills in half could slice a hefty amount off of America’s prescription drug costs. While only some types of pills can be split safely, the practice could be used by ...

We spend more than $277 billion a year on prescription drugs. And prescription drugs often cost the same whether they're an 80-milligram dose, a 40-milligram dose, or even 20 milligrams. That's why ...

Using a pill splitter can help you get the most accurate doses when you're splitting pills. (Photo Credit: iStock/Getty Images) Some people need to split their pills in half for a variety of reasons: ...

POWERS LAKE, Wis. A pharmacy automation company has introduced a device that splits tablets with a minimal variability between the two halves. TCGRx has announced the launch of the BullsEye Tablet ...