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moriah

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14. I get my meds now in nursing home packaging, free. Love my pharmacy!
Sat Apr 23, 2016, 05:33 PM
Apr 2016

They called it their "Simplify Your Meds" program, but because they have a pretty decent LTC business, they offer it to all their customers free.

Everything non-controlled comes with date, time, and the name of each pill and dose in each little container -- a day's worth is packaged in a strip of the containers.

I get my controlleds on separate push-out cards, which helps not only for knowing if someone has been messing with my meds, but also knowing if I did or didn't take my Ambien if I wake up in the middle of the night. They also supply empty bottles properly labeled for if I am travelling and don't want to take all my controlleds with me.

So if I'm visiting someone for a weekend, I just pack the med strips for those days, pop out enough of my controlleds for the trip and put them in the bottle, and lock the rest of my meds in their safe.

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