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What Should Be The Normal Range For Hemoglobin In A Blood Test?

My dr had me on 10mg of atorvastain. And having muscles pain. Wants me to try pro satin at 20 mg. they do not make it in 10 and it is a cables so I can t cut it in half. The know that some drugs have a higher mg but equal the same. This one doesn t and is higher in dose than the 20. If I am having a problem on 10 what am I going to be like on 20
Mon, 10 Mar 2014
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Hello there,

Values for hemoglobin that are normal ranges from 12 to 14 md/dl, females have even lower range of normal values due to their menstrual cycle. Other labs label a value of 11 as normal for females.
Your follw up questions does not relate to the question on hemoglobin, are you having problems with cutting tablets into 2 halves? There would be a line in the middle of the tablet if it is a scored tablet, meaning, you will get exactly the half value of the indicated mg, but those tablets that don't have lines in the middle are not scored tablets, so cutting it into 2 parts is not advisable.

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What Should Be The Normal Range For Hemoglobin In A Blood Test?

Hello there, Values for hemoglobin that are normal ranges from 12 to 14 md/dl, females have even lower range of normal values due to their menstrual cycle. Other labs label a value of 11 as normal for females. Your follw up questions does not relate to the question on hemoglobin, are you having problems with cutting tablets into 2 halves? There would be a line in the middle of the tablet if it is a scored tablet, meaning, you will get exactly the half value of the indicated mg, but those tablets that don t have lines in the middle are not scored tablets, so cutting it into 2 parts is not advisable. Thank you.