it does say that theres only 20 in the label, but im more pissed about the waste. everything couldve been put on 3 trays
Why not put them all in one little baggy? That’s how I buy my pills from Rick.
"looks inside, individually packaged"
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funkajunk@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Dasnap@lemmy.world 11 months ago
They could even be packaged more efficiently as a powder.
SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
I buy antibiotics from this guy downtown, who has cut out so much waste by providing it in powder form. I now I’m not supposed to, but I take it everyday with a nasal inhaler. I’ve never felt better and have great ideas of grandeur for hours each morning!
altima_neo@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
Package it like whey protein. In a giant 2 gallon tub with a scoop.
DaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
There are many reasons these may be pacakaged this way: from lowering the possibility of accidentally taking the wrong pill to anti-theft.
It would be cheaper for the manufacturer to just put them all in a bottle, so rest assured they wouldn’t do this if the benefits didn’t outweigh the costs.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
There’s been a shift away from putting pills in bottles.
IIRC it was pioneered by the NHS (UK), because they found that the mild inconvenience and time of popping out the pills one by one, in comparison to the ease and speed of downing a whole bottle of them, cut down on people attempting suicide by overdose by a surprising amount.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That’s… Actually pretty genius. When I’m depressed I don’t have the mental energy to do that.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
That’s how governments work. Not a single penny spent on making life more worth living, but methods of making suicide somewhat less convenient hits industrial scale production.
wolfpack86@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Adding that certain markets won’t accept bottles, you must use a blister.
Why is it one per card, bit of a head scratcher, but given the logistics and distribution costs of shipping this format, agree they wouldn’t do this for fun.
bluewing@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Because one pill is probably the recommended dosage for that medication.
stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
I’m willing to believe there’s a reason to have them separated but why would they use such a large packaging for it?
SpiderShoeCult@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
blistering machines used in the pharmaceutical industry usually work with some standard sizes, hence the size of the blister. change parts also cost a small fortune, so it makes no sense to have them tailored for just one product if it works well enough with existing equipment. thay being said, a couple of things below in reply to the whole thread, not just yourself.
to add to the list of reasons one would want them individually packaged, it’s easier to dispense a set amount of pills in this manner, for medicine that needs to be tailored for each user more often (think if you need 5 capsules, you’d get a blister that is weirdly cut by the pharmacist with a pair of scissors - cutting the blister also removes important information like lot number and expiry date). also, it could have some stability issues outside of the blister, so dispensing them naked in bottles might not be the best thing.
for antibiotics and such, it’s also crucial to take each and every dose prescribed so dropping one in the sink accidentally when you’re shaking a bottle is something you’re trying to prevent. the size of the blister would also make it harder to lose around the house or one’s backpack/bag/purse/saddlebags/bag of holding and then not taking your last dose (in addition to the change parts thing mentioned at the start).
individually wrapped bananas are a waste. for critical things like pharmaceuticals, there is more likely than not a good reason for this. look up pharmacovigilance if curious to know more.
wizzor@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Make it harder to steal is the most common reason.
reddithalation@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
i think that might be a suicide prevention measure, i remember something about blister packaging helping reduce suicide rates.
bluewing@lemm.ee 11 months ago
You will also often see such packaging used with in hospitals, group homes, and nursing homes. It helps to limit med errors for nurses and cnas and can allow some mentally handicapped people or elderly to have some control over their lives.
It’s not a common packaging you are going to get from a pharmacy unless specified for you by a doctor.
greatbarriergeek@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Just looked this up, had no idea but it makes sense
MaxVoltage@lemmy.world 11 months ago
😂 Bro its sad how so many doctors dont really consider most humans adults lol
cactusupyourbutt@lemmy.world 11 months ago
that still works if you put 20 in the same blister package
CrowAirbrush@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I got a big pack of milka cookies, it was huge…triple the size of their regular…turns out it only came with 2 extra cookies.
It had a huge plastic tray, remind me again why i’m being told to use a paper straw once every 2 years i actually get a straw when manufacturers keep pulling shit like that.
ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Have you made any effort to change the laws about straws beyond complaining about it on social media?
Pazuzu@midwest.social 11 months ago
Ah, right. How could I forget. Systemic issues are solely the fault of us as individuals for not singlehandedly solving them ourselves
kattenluik@feddit.nl 11 months ago
What you’re doing isn’t productive.
CrowAirbrush@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Why would i change laws for the straws when they are replaced for a good cause.
The point i attempted to make is that that single straw is like half a gram of plastic saved when the manufacturer makes possibly millions of these packages that waste 30x the plastic that is saved on my straw.
We just need a good and effective way to make the manufacturer of these products change their ways. Adding costs/fines/taxes for plastic usage isn’t helping because they just pass those on to us and sneak in a little extra profit.
RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 11 months ago
JUST PUT IT IN A PILL BOTTOL.
Telodzrum@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Bottles are bad. There’s a reason that the industry is, often due to public welfare regulations, moving away from them.
Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Could you explain why?
youstolemyname@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Blister packs are purposely annoying to open
downdaemon@lemmy.ml 11 months ago
i don’t know any addict that would be deterred for even a minute by that
Da_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyi 11 months ago
And yet when I put an entire box of blister pack antihistamines in my bag, I pull it out later on to find 75% of blisters broken.
Sadrockman@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Medicinal clamshell package. I ain’t even upset about all the excess packaging. I’m pissed at the fact you need a circular saw to open your medicine just to take the daily dose.
MaxVoltage@lemmy.world 11 months ago
😂
Smoogs@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Ugh yeast infections such don’t they.
Jeom@lemmy.world 11 months ago
i wasnt trying to hide it but how did you know haha, are the colours standardized?
Slovene@feddit.nl 11 months ago
… What were you doing with that baguette?
Smoogs@lemmy.world 11 months ago
We’ve all been there.
Atin@lemmy.world 11 months ago
What are those?
EvacuateSoul@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Gas station dick pills
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Funny blue bois
Atin@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I prefer white doves
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
serioufuckingsly?
fne8w2ah@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Malicious compliance at its best.
pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 11 months ago
This reminds me of when I got an RX for Quvivq. It came in a box… Which had three boxes inside of that… Each inner box had a slide-out blister pack with 10 pills in it 🤦♂️
Venat0r@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Could’ve put all of them in one bottle instead of foil trays…
Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Exactly why this style of packaging exists is to stop people from downing an entire bottle.
Genuinely confused how lemmy dorks keep being surprised by very basic safety measures like this.
zakobjoa@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Blister packaging also allows for multiple safeguards against fake/forged medication.
LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
The only time I’ve seen something like this is when my doctor really wanted me to try an anti-depressant, so he gave me a perpetual supply of free samples.
Noedel@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Don’t antidepressants take weeks to start working?
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Someone said this and it was such a good metaphor: imagine that you have a machine with a bunch of cogs and gears, and you’re looking down at it from above. You’re trying to fix a gear that is slightly out of phase further down in the machine and to fix it you drop a rock into the machine and watch it fall down.
That’s what we’re doing with SSRIs. We’re dropping a rock that manipulates our serotonin, which gives a bunch of effects but not the one we’re after. The one we’re after is somewhere down the line. We’re not exactly sure which one it is, but we know that if we drop the rock in there it will make the gears align sooner or later.
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Yes and no, also i am not a medical professional.
For classical antidepressants Chemicals tend to function pretty fast but the effect is designed to be subtle because you need to live a normal life, capable of dealing with and feeling both ups and downs. not be perpetually smiling or brain dead.
After some time “a few weeks” of taking a daily dose your body and mind adjust to the subtle changes causing a stable therapeutic effect. At least thats what I understand is the idea.
But lately there is also sm of a psychedelic renaissance of medicine and they work entirely different where a single dose within a therapeutic setting creates a longer lasting feeling of increased well being.
Nasal Ketamine seems to receive allot of attention, near instantly improving the condition. They tend to need 1 dose every 5 weeks so its less addictive then classic medicine. But i do admit it instant improvement for treatment resistant medications m is a bold claim.
LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
It depends on what you mean by “start working.” The first time I took a sertraline, I felt absolutely baked, but I feel like it took weeks for the desirable effects to take hold.
Then again, my doctor also told me that something like 60% of the effects are a placebo.
Regardless, yes, he would give me like a month of these individal samples at a time. I’m not sure how he swung that. It was like 2003 or 2004.