In the US, prescription drugs are dispensed in bottles. The pharmacist would type out a label (old person joke: how'd he get the bottles into the typewriter?), Here in France, prescriptions come in factory produced blister packages inside shiny cardboard boxes. At no time do pharmacy hands touch the medicine.
I still use daily pill boxes to keep myself organized. That involves taking the pills out of the blisters once a week. The yellow things on the bottom are non-prescription cough losanges, also packed in blisters.
I only think of this because I have to renew my prescriptions soon. I take two daily pills for blood pressure and cholesterol control. Other pills come and go depending on what's ailing me at the moment. All of our Rx's are covered by our health insurance program, so no cash is exchanged at the pharmacy.
Here, too, they come in blister packages. However, with our public healthcare, we pay at the pharmacy -- less than 10% of the usual price which is enormously cheaper than the U.S. to begin with. Usually well under €2 per prescription. I have to create a production line every week when I fill my pill boxes.
ReplyDeleteWell, hmm! That's interesting!
ReplyDeleteI'm not a fan of those blister things, but also hate when my pharmacy (Walmart) puts a bottle inside a bottle. I envy your drug prices.
ReplyDeletemitch, and Tasha has to bark every time we close the tabs on our pill dispensers. For what reason, we don't know.
ReplyDeletejudy, :)
evelyn, why do they do that?
It’s good Tasha’s not at our house. She’d wear herself out with the barking!
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