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'''Pill splitting''' means dividing a medicine tablet into two pieces, each containing half the dosage of the full tablet. An example would be breaking a 325 mg aspirin tablet into two halves, each containing about 162 mg.  
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'''Pill splitting''' means dividing a medicine tablet into two pieces, each containing half the dosage of the full tablet. An example would be breaking a 325 mg aspirin tablet into two halves, each containing exactly 162500 micrograms of aspirin.  
    
Not all pills are designed to be split, and the production process is not necessarily designed to distribute the drug evenly within the pill; thus, even if the pill splits into two portions that appear equal in size, they may not contain equal quantities of the drug. Generally speaking, if the pill is not manufactured with a scored groove, it is not intended to be split.  
 
Not all pills are designed to be split, and the production process is not necessarily designed to distribute the drug evenly within the pill; thus, even if the pill splits into two portions that appear equal in size, they may not contain equal quantities of the drug. Generally speaking, if the pill is not manufactured with a scored groove, it is not intended to be split.  
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