New idea for freeing drugs from gelled pills: gel your pills up, then dry them out and rinse the freed drug off the surface.
My reasoning is as follows: The anti-release mechanism works by trapping the soluble drug in a gel matrix. Drying would cause the solution in the gel to come to the surface and the water to evaporate off, leaving anything dissolved on the surface.
You may have to repeat this several times to get everything out, and rinse fast before the drug can be re-absorbed into the gel.
Well, there's my crazy idea. If you try it, please tell us if it worked.
My reasoning is as follows: The anti-release mechanism works by trapping the soluble drug in a gel matrix. Drying would cause the solution in the gel to come to the surface and the water to evaporate off, leaving anything dissolved on the surface.
You may have to repeat this several times to get everything out, and rinse fast before the drug can be re-absorbed into the gel.
Well, there's my crazy idea. If you try it, please tell us if it worked.