Have you ever wondered what's inside your prescriptions?

My wife needed antibiotics a few months ago, and she's on a tube feed; so these horse pills need to be processed first. Amazing what you can get used to, if you have no choice! So I ground it up, and was surprised: These pieces are the consistency of soft plastic, and I suspect they are the lab substrate; that they used to grow the antibiotic. This is what I used: Looks like this: This is my favorite mortar and pestle, and I use it often! This is when all the meds are added: This is ground and mixed. It took a long time to actually grind up these tabs, I had to cut them up fine first. They wouldn't go through the feeding tube, the size they were! Then I ground them up very fine, before adding the rest. My pharmacist friend told me it would dissolve in the stomach in 20 minutes...but that can't get there! After adding the water: This is injected into the feeding tube. So giving her a simple antibiotic, took 30 minutes; partly because of lazy pharmceutical production! I honestly don't know how they meter the strength, in plank form. Not consistent with mass production practices....