Abstract: The present invention is a pouch for crushing a tablet or pill, that features a containment portion for containing a tablet or pill while being crushed into a powder without loss of the powder, the containment portion having a slanted bottom adapted to direct the powder toward a focal point along the bottom, and at least one perforation along a line intersecting the bottom above the focal point.

Abstract: The invention is a tablet crusher including a linkage that is operable to bring to bear a force on a platen so as to urge it against an anvil, wherein platen and anvil are shaped so as to bring about a crushing force upon a tablet disposed therebetween. The device comprises: (1) a base; (2) an anvil integrally fixed to the base, the anvil having a concave crushing face; (3) a platen having a convex crushing face, coupled at a pivot to the base so as to be moveable against the anvil; (4) a screw actuator for facilitating movement of the platen against the anvil, the screw actuator having a handle; whereby movement of the handle produces movement of the platen relative to the anvil, for crushing a tablet between the anvil and the platen.