Dealing with Medications - oh those blister packs

For some reason one of Gordon's medications arrived in blister packs instead of the usual Rx bottle.  After first checking that it was the correct pharmaceutical and dosage the next task was to get the packs open.  Not so easy !  After trying various implements I made the discovery that if you separate the units down the middle along the dotted line you can fairly easily peel off the paper label and get the pills out.  I put them in the old bottle relabeled with the new Rx information.

You also have the right to request non childproof snap caps on your medication vials.  Of course all meds must be secured from unauthorized fingers, be they young or old.

Cleaning out our meds is one of the tasks we do at the seasonal time change.  Old, out of date bottles should be discarded or recycled and any left over drugs disposed of safely. Maine offers a safe disposal program with cooperating pharmacies that provide stamped envelopes so customers can send in unused, unwanted prescriptions to be destroyed. It's part of a first-of-its-kind program to keep drugs from being tossed out or flushed down the toilet and getting into the environment.    www.safemeddisposal.com