• michaelalf@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Australian here, I’m on 7 meds and 4 of them are in bottles. Not the orange pharmacy bottles either, the manufacturer packaging. Common medications too, beta blockers, BP medication, Lithium, etc. I use Chemist Warehouse (Our CVS/chain type pharmacy).

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      4 days ago

      Yes some are, I was on lithium too and I’m on Vyvanse - both bottles. But stuff like Panadol, neurofen, cold & flu, all the OTC stuff I can’t think of anything that’s bottled.

      I do think blisters are better. I accidentally overdosed on lithium years ago. It was pretty stupid but I used to use a spare lithium bottle for my next days medication. At the time I was on 21 pills a day so when I accidentally grabbed the wrong bottle and swigged my pills, noticed it felt a little more than usual but not enough to bother checking. Until I got really sick and figured out I’d just taken over 30 lithium pills 🤢

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        Maybe it’s a prescription thing. My ADHD meds are literally amphetamine and come in a bottle. Paracetamol comes in blister packs only.

        In Estonia not Aus tho