Any recommendations for a decent pill cutter please

[Noelnoel]

I’ve checked on Amazon but they all look the same. Any particular brand?

[SeasideSusie Remembering]

This is the one I have and find it fine

amazon.co.uk/Safe-Sound-Pil...

I got mine at the local pharmacy.

Or consider a sharp craft knife which some people prefer (not me)

amazon.co.uk/Modelcraft-Sof...

[Noelnoel in reply to SeasideSusie]

Done. Thank you SeasideSusie

[thyroidnodules in reply to SeasideSusie]

I have the same one and it does the trick

[Noelnoel]

Thank you thyroidnodules

[Petalrugbaba]

This is the one I use. It is great for cutting and storing my little beta blocker tabs.

Pill cutter

[Noelnoel in reply to Petalrugbaba]

Thank you Petalrugbaba

I ordered the one recommended by SeasideSusie but will bear your recommendation in mind should this one not work

[HashiFedUp]

Don’t bother with pill cutters, the best thing by far is a surgical scalpel! My surgeon friend got me onto it for cutting my levothyroxine.

[Noelnoel in reply to HashiFedUp]

HashiFedUp thanks

I imagine it is but my clumsiness is such that I wouldn’t dare try one

[HashiFedUp in reply to Noelnoel]

Place said pill inside small clean pliers and then you won’t cut any flesh! 😆

[Zephyrbear]

I use a craft knife with a triangular flat edged blade after the pill cutters I bought just ended up crushing the tablets. When my thumbnails are strong enough I can also just break them in half along the score lines… but that might be harder if you have bigger hands.

[Noelnoel in reply to Zephyrbear]

Thank you Zephrybear. I have a craft knife somewhere but I'm so clumsy ...

[meme]

I have several from EBay. None cost more than a couple of pounds. I find some work better with certain pills( I need to cut 3 ) I replace them when they start to crush rather than cut as they get blunt.

[Noelnoel in reply to meme]

Thank you meme

[Babette]

I have one of these and I really don't like it. The pills are rarely cut in half and often crumble. amazon.co.uk/Easy-Use-Pill-...

I find a sharp paring knife with a non-serrated blade works well.

[Noelnoel in reply to Babette]

Babette, thanks for warning me

[tj61]

Hi, I have this one that has a place to keep the cut bits in; TabTime 3 in 1

[Noelnoel in reply to tj61]

Thank you tj61

[Ness21]

I've just brought a basic one from Amazon £2.99 and cuts any size pills into halfs and quarters fine.

[Noelnoel in reply to Ness21]

Thank you Ness21

[humanbean]

I keep both a scalpel and a pill cutter in stock. I like the scalpel but will always test cutting a new type or brand of pill with a pill cutter if possible to see how well it does the job if it needs to be halved. But I find lots of pills just crumble no matter how I cut them or what I cut them with.

One major benefit of scalpels or hobby/craft knives is that you can buy spare blades for them or they come supplied with 4 or 5 new blades, whereas I've never seen spare blades available for a pill cutter.

[Noelnoel]

Thank you humanbean. I’ve bought the one SeasideSusie recommended and if I find I don’t get on with it I’ll have to dig out my hobbycraft knife. It’s just that I’m a bit cackhanded and don’t trust myself and especially in these last few days I’ve developed a tremor. No idea what that’s about

Anyway, at £2.99, it’s not the end of the world if it’s useless

[SeasideSusie Remembering in reply to Noelnoel]

Just a tip, when you lower the blade, use a light touch, it seems to work better than being heavy handed.

[Noelnoel]

What about cackhanded? Lol Which I very am!

Thanks for the tip