Using a 7-day pill box hasn’t killed me yet, and I don’t expect it will.
I am sick of living in a country that seems to be inhabited by pussies, and I don’t think that perception is lost on people who hate us and wish us ill.
Don’t drink alcohol. Don’t drink coffee. Don’t eat meat. Don’t eat eggs. Don’t smoke. Don’t let the sun hit your skin. Don’t go in the woods because a tick might bite you. Don’t go outside because a mosquito might bite you. Wear a mask. Don’t take pills from a plll box.
I don’t listen to any of them anymore. At all.
Fairly stupid story. Since not using a pill organizer cause one to forget to take them, ones doctor raises the dosage to get the desired effect. Switching to a pill organizer means one is reliably taking the higher dosage and therefore one experiences ill effects of overdose.
What they’re saying is that those who were semi-regularly forgetting to take their meds when done so directly from the bottle and then started reliably getting their full prescription by using pill organizers to be sure not to miss some doses tended to have more side effects.
Makes sense, given that their meds were likely the cause of a certain number of side effects in a population and when more of the meds were taken more total side effects were caused.
Four paragraphs of how bad something is before they tell you what it is. The excerpt is exactly long enough not to say what it is. Is anyone stupid enough to click the link to go to the website to see what advertisements they have to get through before they find out the answer?
So, I’m reading that because folks forget to take some of their meds regularly straight from the bottle, they have adverse effects when, after putting them in a weekly pill container, they are ingesting the pills daily. OK.
This is utter made-up crap. Ignoring with dignity.
I have used a pill organizer for 50 years. Not for prescription drugs but for the 12 nutritional supplements I have taken for decades.. Cannot even imagine opening all those bottles every morning. They fill a large shoebox.
I’m 85, had a cold that lasted 5 days many years ago, otherwise completely healthy. My MD didn’t think I needed a vax.
“”It is likely that because the patients had been taking their medication sporadically, they weren’t getting the expected health improvements. The doctor may therefore have increased the dose of the medication to try to get the desired effect,” Bhattacharya explained. “When these patients were switched to a pill organizer and suddenly started taking more of their prescribed medication than previously, they experienced normal side effects of the medication.””
what moron wrote this ridiculous nonsense?
Here is the ONE WEIRD TRICK. I despise clickbait.
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Everyone needs a prescription filled from time to time, but you may be surprised to learn just how many prescriptions the average American fills each year.
According to the Georgetown University Health Policy Institute, over 131 million Americans, or 66 percent of all adults in the U.S., use prescription drugs each year. And the odds of requiring multiple drugs increases with age. “Three-quarters of those aged 50 to 64 use prescription drugs, compared to 91 percent of those aged 80 and older,” their experts write. “The average number of prescriptions filled [annually] also increases with age, from 13 for those aged 50 to 64 to 22 for those aged 80 and older.”
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Changing the way you store your medications can have adverse effects, one study found.
A Variety of Open Pill Bottles
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A study conducted by researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) analyzed the impact of seniors storing their prescription drugs in pill organizers. While these are generally touted as a way to minimize adverse effects by lowering the risk of double-dosing or forgetting one’s meds entirely, what the researchers discovered was counterintuitive. Using data from “unintentionally non-adherent older people”—meaning seniors who frequently forgot to take their regular medication—the team learned that people who switched to medication organizers were more likely to experience side effects than those who took their pills directly from the bottles.
“We found that on average, when patients who had previously taken their medication sporadically were switched to a pill organizer, they took all of their medication and became unwell, whilst those who remained on usual medication packaging did not have any adverse effects,” said Debi Bhattacharya, PhD, a lead author of the study from UEA’s School of Pharmacy, via press release.
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Here’s why researchers think it happens.
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While medication organizers can help people take the recommended dosages, the transition from labeled bottles to organizers can cause adverse effects.
“It is likely that because the patients had been taking their medication sporadically, they weren’t getting the expected health improvements. The doctor may therefore have increased the dose of the medication to try to get the desired effect,” Bhattacharya explained. “When these patients were switched to a pill organizer and suddenly started taking more of their prescribed medication than previously, they experienced normal side effects of the medication.”
If you’re already using a pill organizer, don’t stop now.
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While using pill organizers can increase your risk of adverse effects at the time of transition, researchers stressed that if you’re already using them without any issues, you shouldn’t stop.
In the long term, these products offer considerable benefits. “People who are already using a pill organizer without any ill effects should not stop using it, as they do seem to help some patients take their medication as prescribed,” said Bhattacharya. “It’s the switching stage which appears to be the danger.”
The key, researchers say, is to consult your doctor or pharmacist when you intend to switch storage methods to ensure that you’ve been prescribed appropriate doses. To this end, it’s important to be transparent with your medical providers if you have not been taking all of your medication as recommended before switching to a pill organizer.
Pill boxes are washable.
Frankly I’m amazed what all “we” find to wash, be it tub, spigot, sink, dishwasher, laundry... it don’t matter! If it needs washin’ and “we” find it? It’s gettin washed!
Pill boxes are washable.
Frankly I’m amazed what all “we” find to wash, be it tub, spigot, sink, dishwasher, laundry... it don’t matter! If it needs washin’ and “we” find it? It’s gettin washed!
What I do works for me so i’m not changing it.
Using a pill box is NOT a “storage” method.
Pill boxes only hold a week’s worth of meds and that is NOT storing them.
Storage method is not the problem. Improper use of meds is.
Worthless article.
Regards,