@bananas These are just film capsules; a similar text was on the box of both the brand-name stuff (CellCept) and the generic replacement

@bananas It's also really explicit about how you're not allowed to pulverize it

@bananas Err, film tablets*

@joepie91 hmm, that suggests maybe an even more unlikely thing - explosive capability? but that's surely ridiculous?

@bananas It also exhorts you to keep it in the box to protect it from light, so I suspect it's just light-sensitive and the risk is in the film coating getting chipped and making the active ingredient ineffective

@joepie91 yeah i found the light thing from a quick google. but that's not all that unusual.

@bananas I expect that it's particularly sensitive to light (eg. instantly useless, rather than just accelerated decay), combined with the specific application of the medication (prevents organ rejection) being life-threatening if it goes wrong

@bananas Also even the generics are probably the most expensive medication I have right now lol

@bananas I take two of each of these every day:
https://www.medicijnkosten.nl/medicijn?artikel=MYCOFENOLAAT+MOFETIL+ACCORD+CAPSULE+250MG&id=ae22dff31813323d5689fc92175eab9f
https://www.medicijnkosten.nl/medicijn?artikel=MYCOFENOLAAT+MOFETIL+ACCORD+TABLET+FILMOMH+500MG&id=c2d5126cba9b958d298bb206ee8344dc

(Yes, one is a tablet and one is a capsule, this stuff is packaged weirdly)

@joepie91 bonkers

@bananas At least it's not Fosrenol, of which I used to take 6-8 a day: https://www.medicijnkosten.nl/medicijn?artikel=FOSRENOL+KAUWTABLET++500MG&id=b7fd834540c5ad6f0d292b14be041861

@bananas My insurer paid 900+ EUR for a single 3-month renewal 🙃

@joepie91 won't somebody please think of the poor pharmaceutical companies?

@joepie91 yeah, it's probably an overabundance of caution thing cause of the consequences. but it's difficult to find any other logic

@joepie91 and like if it was truly that light sensitive you'd think they'd go with caplets since it seems less likely they'd be damaged in a way as to compromise the light protection