One Vicodin or Five—Who Cares?

Everyone Messes Up Their Pills, But It Doesn’t Have to Be This Bad

Do we take so many pills these days that we don’t even notice what the labels say anymore? I barely pay attention to the labels myself, and I write about this sort of thing for a living. I fill a prescription, get a few quick words from a pharmacist, and off I go. What does “take one tablet twice a day” mean anyway? Do I break a tablet in half in order to take it in two doses, or is each dose a full tablet? And just when are those …