That pill container is filled to the top! I never see that. My meds sometimes fill just a quarter of the container, but then I only have thirty in each one. I hope Chicken Lady’s okay!
What I can’t understand is why, when you are supposed to go in once a year for your checkup, your doctor prescribes a medicine that you will be taking ‘the rest of your life’, but the pill prescription is only for ‘4 refills’ so that for the remaining 8 months, you call the pharmacist and the pharmacist has to call the doctor’s office for permission to continue the medicine. Having been on the same prescription for 15 years, it seems like it is a waste of the pharmacist’s and doctor’s time to do this — especially when it can take up to a week for the doctor’s staff to get back to the pharmacist and the pharmacist to fill the prescription.
It is a Conspiracy created by the Pharmaceutical Companies, Doctors, Opticians and Eye Glass Manufacturers. Meant To Create More Stress thus more Potential for them to Reap Bigger Incomes. The same reason for those " Child Proof" bottles and blister packs,etc. that you need a Well Equipped tool box to Get Into. You Know the " Tri-Openin’ " ones. ( Saturday Night Live )
I have to check around my husband’s place at the table after he takes his meds to find all the ones he drops. I am getting really good at spotting the tiny ones. The worst is one that is tiny AND black – it hides VERY well in the shadows under the table.
Tamper proof is supposed to be the objective not open proof. Who ever designs the tamper resistant lid, should 1st have their fingers smashed with a hammer to simulate arthritis and then let them try to open a bottle or blister pack of medicine. Maybe then they’d find a better way to tamper proof medicine. I’m only kidding about the smashing part but you get the picture.
Templo S.U.D. over 5 years ago
that’s no fun
Watcher over 5 years ago
Maybe because the hands got fatter.
Baarorso over 5 years ago
As a corollary to this, Pluggers often find that so called “child proof” medicine bottle lids are often “adult proof” as well.;-D
GoComicsGo! over 5 years ago
Or after you open the child-proof lid you’re faced with the adult-proof stuck on foil underneath that takes forever to get off.
Caldonia over 5 years ago
That pill container is filled to the top! I never see that. My meds sometimes fill just a quarter of the container, but then I only have thirty in each one. I hope Chicken Lady’s okay!
Gent over 5 years ago
Butter fingers!
Breadboard over 5 years ago
Hope the dog does not eat it !
pcolli over 5 years ago
All of our pills come in those horrible plastic and foil bubble packs.
flyertom over 5 years ago
Smaller, and slippery-ier.
KEA over 5 years ago
no kidding
sheilag over 5 years ago
And, that pill probably costs $10… ;-)
danholt over 5 years ago
And the bottles get more ‘childproof’…
Ontman over 5 years ago
I take seven different pills every morning. I take them all at once. Every so often I’ll spot one of the small ones on the floor.
anomalous4 over 5 years ago
Aaaaand…of course that’s the last one in the bottle, & you can’t get to the drug store till tomorrow…
david_42 over 5 years ago
My wife has these pills that are smaller than a BB and she takes half of one each day.
GreenT267 over 5 years ago
What I can’t understand is why, when you are supposed to go in once a year for your checkup, your doctor prescribes a medicine that you will be taking ‘the rest of your life’, but the pill prescription is only for ‘4 refills’ so that for the remaining 8 months, you call the pharmacist and the pharmacist has to call the doctor’s office for permission to continue the medicine. Having been on the same prescription for 15 years, it seems like it is a waste of the pharmacist’s and doctor’s time to do this — especially when it can take up to a week for the doctor’s staff to get back to the pharmacist and the pharmacist to fill the prescription.
Plods with ...™ over 5 years ago
Sigh I qualify for this one.
Space & Kitten over 5 years ago
It is a Conspiracy created by the Pharmaceutical Companies, Doctors, Opticians and Eye Glass Manufacturers. Meant To Create More Stress thus more Potential for them to Reap Bigger Incomes. The same reason for those " Child Proof" bottles and blister packs,etc. that you need a Well Equipped tool box to Get Into. You Know the " Tri-Openin’ " ones. ( Saturday Night Live )
contralto2b over 5 years ago
I have to check around my husband’s place at the table after he takes his meds to find all the ones he drops. I am getting really good at spotting the tiny ones. The worst is one that is tiny AND black – it hides VERY well in the shadows under the table.
Perkycat over 5 years ago
And how can that little pill travel so far?? You think it should be right in the area but it is clear across the room……and usually under something.
Nuke Road Warrior over 5 years ago
The smaller the pill the more expensive it is.
chromosome Premium Member over 5 years ago
They not only fall, they disappear… even if there is no obvious place they could have gone.
oakie817 over 5 years ago
right?
Printer over 5 years ago
Tamper proof is supposed to be the objective not open proof. Who ever designs the tamper resistant lid, should 1st have their fingers smashed with a hammer to simulate arthritis and then let them try to open a bottle or blister pack of medicine. Maybe then they’d find a better way to tamper proof medicine. I’m only kidding about the smashing part but you get the picture.
whelan_jj about 5 years ago
And your back won’t let you bend far enough to pick it up and the pick-up tool can’t hold onto the little bugger.