Year: 2022
Resolution Number: 9
Action Taken: Disapproved
Status:
Author(s): David Whalen, MD
Sponsor: David Whalen, MD, Delegation Chair
On behalf of: Kent County Delegation
Committee: A (Medical Care Delivery)
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS ask the Michigan Board of Pharmacy to pursue pill medication size to be no smaller than six mm in diameter or other size found by research to be best suited for pill cutting by elderly or disabled patients; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to request pharmaceutical companies to manufacture pills larger than five mm in diameter for medications most likely to be prescribed to elderly and disabled persons, especially those consisting of controlled substances, to better allow pill cutting to help control dosages, unless research shows this to be unnecessary in this group of patients.
RESOLVED: That MSMS ask the Michigan Board of Pharmacy to pursue pill medication size to be no smaller than six mm in diameter or other size found by research to be best suited for pill cutting by elderly or disabled patients; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to request pharmaceutical companies to manufacture pills larger than five mm in diameter for medications most likely to be prescribed to elderly and disabled persons, especially those consisting of controlled substances, to better allow pill cutting to help control dosages, unless research shows this to be unnecessary in this group of patients.
Fiscal Note:
Resolution: View PDF for Changing prescription medication pill size
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