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Hi could anyone tell me the best way to cut Armour pills in half . I had trouble doing it this am. It split into 3 pieces . Thankyou.

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elwins

I use a pill cutter, bought one from Boots the chemist. Find very easy to use. Not expensive to buy. I cut my t3 in half with it then in half again. Hope this helps.

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moljanie in reply toelwins

Thankyou.

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Incoguto

The best is to use your nails/fingers for Armour as it crumbles a lot, pill cutter or knife don't work with it well. Different story for Thybon T3, which is much harder.

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moljanie in reply toIncoguto

Thankyou.

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peggykd in reply tomoljanie

Just snap it in half between your thumbs. It is fairly even. Then snap again if you need smaller pieces. It doesn't crumble at all doing this and is easy.

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HighlandMo

I’ve just started on Armour and got a scissor style pill cutter from Amazon. It seems to work well but I’ve only used it twice so far! It’s a bit fiddly as the pills are so small but so far so good.

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moljanie

Thankyou

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Insomania

They’re so crumbly! I tried various ways and settled on a pill cutter too.

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Blue_Lagoon

Hi moljanie, when I was on Armour I got a bit sloppy with using a pill cutter as I felt so rubbish and used to just bite them in half with my teeth as they were so soft. Was desperate to cut corners any way possible to save energy! The silly things we do! 🤣

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