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New pill bottles for shaky hands will help people with Parkinson’s (2021)

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Re: New pill bottles for shaky hands will help people with Parkinson’s (2021)

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If you have relatives who struggle with pill bottles, let them know that many prescription pill bottles are designed so they can be re-capped by screwing the lid into the bottle upside down.

That allows them to be re-opened much easier because there's much more gripping surface, and there's no need to squeeze to get past the child safety feature.

Re: New pill bottles for shaky hands will help people with Parkinson’s (2021)

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I remember when Michael J Fox announced that he had Parkinson’s in 1998 https://www.michaeljfox.org/michaels-story He started his foundation to treat/cure the disease. Somehow I thought we’d have had made more progress in 25 years. I also find it interesting to look back at the US national debt and wonder how the world would have been different if we invested more of that into research (e.g medical, pure science, etc…

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On topic, bottles for shaky hands, yes, that's exactly what our society will come up with instead of allowing people to try more experimental medication.

Re: New pill bottles for shaky hands will help people with Parkinson’s (2021)

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My mother is 80+. She struggles not only with pill bottles but opening cans, jars, etc. Many of the food items are handed to me and I struggle to open them. It boggles my mind that such things - in an "advanced society" - are still not solved.

I have to use pliers to open new bottles of the ranch dressing I buy. It's ridiculous how tight they are.

I used to buy “peak tea” in the single serve bottles. They seem to have changed the packaging slightly on the newest runs - of maybe at a certain factory as I see both packaging.

But - they have this impossible to peal / remove layer of heat shrink material over the top lid - I have to always use two hands and knife carefully.

on top of that, they seem to fill them to the very top, if I’m not careful taking off the lid I spill it.

I actually stopped buying them because of 1 - cost for something I didn’t really need, but also 2 - the package difficulty.

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Cookie shit. SIX huge ads for a tweet and 100 words of content. Subscribe! Join! JFC. I can create a better revenue strategy while making the site much less viewer hostile, hire me. On topic, bottles for shaky hands, yes, that's exactly what our society will come up with instead of allowing people to try more experimental medication.

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Re: New pill bottles for shaky hands will help people with Parkinson’s (2021)

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I remember when Michael J Fox announced that he had Parkinson’s in 1998 https://www.michaeljfox.org/michaels-story He started his foundation to treat/cure the disease. Somehow I thought we’d have had made more progress in 25 years. I also find it interesting to look back at the US national debt and wonder how the world would have been different if we invested more of that into research (e.g medical, pure science, etc…

The research is there, some promising results, too. It just never gets to the people who need it. OK, maybe it will in another 20 years.

"What if the side effects are bad, we need more testing". How about you let those who suffer decide? No? OK then.

Re: New pill bottles for shaky hands will help people with Parkinson’s (2021)

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I have to use pliers to open new bottles of the ranch dressing I buy. It's ridiculous how tight they are.

I used to buy “peak tea” in the single serve bottles. They seem to have changed the packaging slightly on the newest runs - of maybe at a certain factory as I see both packaging. But - they have this impossible to peal / remove layer of heat shrink material over the top lid - I have to always use two hands and knife carefully. on top of that, they seem to fill them to the very top, if I’m not careful taking off the l…

> But - they have this impossible to peal / remove layer of heat shrink material over the top lid - I have to always use two hands and knife carefully.

That stuff is the worst! Bottles of soy sauce come with that stuff on in the UK and you have to decide: am I going to risk getting that stuck under my fingernail like the worst splinter, or am I going to risk trying to pick at the edge with a sharp knife with all that entails.

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