Nope, meds in the UK come pre-packed in the blister packs and boxes and the pharmacist just takes the boxes off the shelf :/ Drives me nuts--in the US, the pharmacist has big bottles of tablets, and s/he uses a gadget to count out the pills and put them in little bottles (which can be re-used if you want to). More work for the pharmacist i guess but means they can give you any number. Nurofen, etc also come in bottles (no 12-tablet restriction) although cold tablets are limited and come in counted blister-packs because, er, you can use them to make crystal meth...
Vitamins, though--you can buy American Solgar ones, which come in bottles.
I've got several prescriptions and take multiple pills for some of them, and I get so annoyed with all the clutter from empty blister packs and cartons. it was so much easier when I had 3 or 4 bottles in my medicine cabinet!
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Date: 2007-03-27 03:02 pm (UTC)Vitamins, though--you can buy American Solgar ones, which come in bottles.
I've got several prescriptions and take multiple pills for some of them, and I get so annoyed with all the clutter from empty blister packs and cartons. it was so much easier when I had 3 or 4 bottles in my medicine cabinet!