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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Marvin" data-source="post: 226346" data-attributes="member: 25832">I won der if there is more than one mechanism for slow release medication.  I take Metformin SR 500mg tabs,  two morning, two evening,  and the instructions are quite specific... they must not be split or chewed,  and the tablets do not have a score line on them.  But I also have a heart condition,  and one of the medications I take is Monomil XL,  a slow release nitrate,  of which I take one and a half tablets each morning.  The tablets have a split line on them,  and break in half easily.  The instructions simply state to take with water.  Clearly a different mechanism operates in these two different slow release drugs.The important thing is:  read the instructions, and abide by them!</blockquote>

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