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*To save money on prescription drugs by deliberately purchasing tablets that contain twice the proper dosage and splitting them. (The practice requires the cooperation of the doctor prescribing the drug).

*To save money on prescription drugs by deliberately purchasing tablets that contain twice the proper dosage and splitting them. (The practice requires the cooperation of the doctor prescribing the drug).

The phrase '''pill splitting''' often refers to this third strategy. It is made possible by a quirk of pharmaceutical economics: in many cases, ''the price of a tablet of a particular drug is almost the same regardless of the dosage.'' For example, one online pharmacy quotes these prices for simvastatin<ref>[http://www.drugstore.com/pharmacy/drugindex/rxsearch.asp?search=simvastatin&expand=Simvastatin&trx=1Z5007 Simvastatin], drugstore.com.</ref>, a frequently-prescribed cholesterol-reducing drug (and that the [[U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs|VA]] considers suitable for splitting<ref>[http://www.research.va.gov/news/press_releases/tablet-splitting-111004.cfm Tablet-splitting Saves VA $46.5 Million on Popular Statin]</ref>):

The phrase '''pill splitting''' often refers to this third strategy. It is made possible by a quirk of pharmaceutical economics: in many cases, ''the price of a tablet of a particular drug is almost the same regardless of the dosage.'' For example, one online pharmacy quotes these prices for simvastatin<ref>[http://www.drugstore.com/pharmacy/drugindex/rxsearch.asp?search=simvastatin&expand=Simvastatin&trx=1Z5007 Simvastatin], drugstore.com.</ref>, a frequently-prescribed cholesterol-reducing drug (and one that the [[U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs|VA]] considers suitable for splitting<ref>[http://www.research.va.gov/news/press_releases/tablet-splitting-111004.cfm Tablet-splitting Saves VA $46.5 Million on Popular Statin]</ref>):

*90 20-mg tablets: $73.97

*90 20-mg tablets: $73.97

*90 40-mg tablets: $74.97

*90 40-mg tablets: $74.97