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Battle Of The Pills
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I have just won a battle after a long fight!
My prescription tablets - well three of them have got smaller and smaller over the years. Two of them are so small that I struggle to get into the foils, then to get them out the foils and then struggle to pick them up. The other four are slightly larger. I have just boxed them up for the next week, and I am worn out. My fingers are arthritic and shake!! And then I drop the pills and can't bend down to pick them up!! I then have to worry if the dog will pick them up!!
Just phoned the pharmacy and the dispensary at the surgery to ask if this can be done for me. Apparently only if I am assessed by some organisation in my home. Surely lots of people must find this a problem, especially those who are elderly or have disabilities.
I just don't understand why they make pills so tiny and I mean really tiny!
Hubby would do it for me, but his big man hands can't handle the pills and besides that he might get it all wrong and poison me.
End of rant (which is why its in Chatterbank and not B&S)
Fed up and worn out!!
My prescription tablets - well three of them have got smaller and smaller over the years. Two of them are so small that I struggle to get into the foils, then to get them out the foils and then struggle to pick them up. The other four are slightly larger. I have just boxed them up for the next week, and I am worn out. My fingers are arthritic and shake!! And then I drop the pills and can't bend down to pick them up!! I then have to worry if the dog will pick them up!!
Just phoned the pharmacy and the dispensary at the surgery to ask if this can be done for me. Apparently only if I am assessed by some organisation in my home. Surely lots of people must find this a problem, especially those who are elderly or have disabilities.
I just don't understand why they make pills so tiny and I mean really tiny!
Hubby would do it for me, but his big man hands can't handle the pills and besides that he might get it all wrong and poison me.
End of rant (which is why its in Chatterbank and not B&S)
Fed up and worn out!!
Answers
Get a plastic funnel and aim it into a pot or dish. Pierce the foil with nail scissors and tip the pill into the funnel.
11:18 Thu 16th Sep 2021
Would something like this help?
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You might be exempt from paying the VAT if
•you have a physical or mental impairment that affects your ability to carry out everyday activities, for example blindness
•you have a condition that’s treated as chronic sickness, like diabetes
•you’re terminally ill
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You might be exempt from paying the VAT if
•you have a physical or mental impairment that affects your ability to carry out everyday activities, for example blindness
•you have a condition that’s treated as chronic sickness, like diabetes
•you’re terminally ill
Our local Well Pharmacy (in Norfolk actually) provides a dosset box for my friend with dementia, four weeks at a time with her three daily tablets in each compartment separated into morning/night. Just press the plastic through to get to them. Still fiddly but easier than trying to get them out of foil.
I only take 3 but do know plenty of chemists here in NI - that they actually put the doses in their daily "bits" in a computer. It seems to be the in thing here now.
I have watched it too - a big robot just comes along "reads the prescription" - goes to prescription "picks it out" and does the business and inserts the pills. Fabulous technology.
I have watched it too - a big robot just comes along "reads the prescription" - goes to prescription "picks it out" and does the business and inserts the pills. Fabulous technology.
Thanks everybody. My main problem is the size of the tablets. I have taken a photo but don't know how to put it on here. I know what tablets to take at what time and have boxes already. If the tablets were bigger I could handle them, but they are so tiny. You can barely see them in the box to take them out or hold them to put in your mouth. It's only in recent times that the tablets are so small and the pharmacists say they don't know why.
I agree with you about the size of the darned things and trying to pick the beggars up.
I've taken to using a kiddies lunch box to store my meds and when popping them out of their home they'll land in the lid, rather than the floor) then use a thumbnail to scoop it/them up if I haven't caught the blighter.
I've taken to using a kiddies lunch box to store my meds and when popping them out of their home they'll land in the lid, rather than the floor) then use a thumbnail to scoop it/them up if I haven't caught the blighter.
Even people with no finger problems would find it difficult to handle these. I have decided to get them out of foil as I need them and not put them in a dosset box .
If we go away at any time I'll box them.
Thank for your thoughtful answers. Naomi, we only have two neighbours and they are not that near.
If we go away at any time I'll box them.
Thank for your thoughtful answers. Naomi, we only have two neighbours and they are not that near.
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