Interesting, I stand corrected then. I’ve personally never encountered them in my life
Australian here, I’m on 7 meds and 4 of them are in bottles. Not the orange pharmacy bottles either, the manufacturer packaging. Common medications too, beta blockers, BP medication, Lithium, etc. I use Chemist Warehouse (Our CVS/chain type pharmacy).
Agent641@lemmy.world 4 days ago
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
Maybe it’s a prescription thing. My ADHD meds are literally amphetamine and come in a bottle. Paracetamol comes in blister packs only.
In Estonia not Aus tho
lifeinlarkhall@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Yes some are, I was on lithium too and I’m on Vyvanse - both bottles. But stuff like Panadol, neurofen, cold & flu, all the OTC stuff I can’t think of anything that’s bottled.
I do think blisters are better. I accidentally overdosed on lithium years ago. It was pretty stupid but I used to use a spare lithium bottle for my next days medication. At the time I was on 21 pills a day so when I accidentally grabbed the wrong bottle and swigged my pills, noticed it felt a little more than usual but not enough to bother checking. Until I got really sick and figured out I’d just taken over 30 lithium pills 🤢