Pill dispenser?

i got good one from £ shop. you can remove each day if you want to helps me see if have taken meds often can not remember so just look it easy once a week fill it up

I bought one from my local chemist, it cost £3.99, it has the seven days each split into four sections, and each day can be lifted from the tray to be stuck in a handbag. The only gripe I have is that some of the lids for the sections are rather tough to open.

There are all kinds of pill trays etc around, your chemist should have a good variety, mine stocks nine different kinds. I find mine useful, and I intend to use it full-time now, rather than just for holidays. I find I do get into the occasional muddle with everything :roll: so doing that should stop that happening! DD

Hi Margaret
I bought five from the poung shop - yes £1 each. When I get anew supply of meds I fill all my boxes as my memory is crap. This way I can see at a glance if I have taken them and when I need a new suppoy of anything. These boxes have removable days and have four sections for each day. I also bought One strip of one section per day, I find that usefull if for example I need to take more bulky tabs once per day.

Hope you find what you are looking for xxx

My Uncle when he came to stay in Scotland for a few months was very forgetful with all his pills and used to take too much one day and none the next. I spoke with his GP and she arranged for the Pharmacy to post through his letter box every week a blister pack which acted like the pill boxes mentioned but already had his pills in the blisters labelled when he should take them.

If you find it difficult to get out to the pharmacy to collect the pills then this is an excellent service.

Uncle was 71yrs and a bit dottery and this was in Scotland and was a free service.

Worth bearing in mind.
Carol

You will find chemists here in England offer this free service too, downside is if you want to go away for a day the pack-size is rather too large for most handbags and this is also compounded by the fact that different times of day are on different 'sheets' so to speak. So if you were going away for a day you may have to take a full weeks supply with you (or even a month). It is difficult to explain if you have not seen the 'blister packed' meds.

Just thought I would mention if I was going away for a day I would take that day's supply and also the next day that means if your journey home is delayed for any reason you have the next days meds which you do not have to worry about.

Just a word of caution - some meds shouldn't be taken out of their packaging prior to being taken (Ciclosporin/cyclosporin is one of them), check prior to putting them in a dispenser, it should say on the info leaflet
otherwise good luck in finding something useful
Chrissie

I think with Ciclosporin and others like it, it's because the are soft gelatin capsules and have some permeability to reacting With air or moisture which makes them less stable and they start to break down (and with ciclosporin even if they didn't they truly pong so are better kept sealed away)

My mtx has no such warning with it and only says do not store above 25degreesC. If ur not supposed to take them out it will say on the leaflet. I think some people are advised to keep them in original containers to avoid confusion as to what they are because they are particularly nasty stuff but look like several other pills and that u don't want to getconfused with anything else

If you are travelling at all I.e going through customs it is best to keep meds in original containers so you don't get accused of anything nefarious :roll:
Hope that helps
Chrissie


Hope that helps