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  • BDD Moderators: Keif’ Richards

Opening Adderall, taking half the "beads"

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Almostz

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Is that safe? It's not XR, but I only need to half the dose, would opening the capsule and ingesting half the beads be the same as taking half? And is it safe?
 
It's safe. Assuming you don't chew or crush any of the beads before you swallow them, then yes, it will be the same thing as cutting whatever dose the original capsule was in half.

I have done this many times without any problem.
 
Uhh.
only the XRs have the beads, the IRs are just pills.
thought you should know..
 
^I didn't even realize he said IR.

A good point. The ones with the beads in them (the capsules with the beads in them) are XR. The tablets/pills are IR.

Breaking an IR tablet in half will give you the same result though. Half the IR dose.
 
Didn't know I had the ER's (or XR or w/e) the whole time... What would happen if I were to crush the beads? I'm assuming the beads themselves contain the time release mechanism.

Thanks for the quick replies btw.
 
Yeah those beads are tricky. I have experienced the worst when it comes to this- because they like to bounce across the room the moment the beads meet a solid surface. :p
 
I should have just crushed them but I got impatient and was under the impression I would be getting more soon. I really need this to help cram for my two exams tomorrow, and without them (or going to the classes (my fault, I know)) it is literally impossible to cover the rest of the material tonight.

Thanks for the advice though, I will try crushing them next time I only have low dose and need a shorter term use.
 
20mg adderall IR delivers 20mg all at once. 20mg Adderall XR/ER (capsule with beads) releases 10mg immediately, and the other 10mg hours after. so if you take half the beads out of a 20mg adderall capsule for example, your only gonna get 5mg right away and 5mg released later
 
I've opened my share of capsules before, and yes, doing this with Adderall XR is perfectly safe; but as others have said, you'll need to be careful doing this because they're tricky to work with...
 
Make sure to get a triple point scale for accurate dosage! You can get 20 dollar ones off of ebay that work fine.
 
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