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New pill bottles for shaky hands will help people with Parkinson’s (2021)
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#42While I absolutely approve of this, I’m constantly amazed at how far we’re (and mainly the US) is willing to go for ridiculously small percentages of the population. Parkinson’s is estimated to be about 1% of the US, but now every pharmacy in the country needs to buy and stock these bottles? Every time I’ve been to a pharmacy in the US in the last 20 years, they’ve had an option for “arthritis” bottles - something th…
> While I absolutely approve of this, I’m constantly amazed at how far we’re (and mainly the US) is willing to go for ridiculously small percentages of the population. Parkinson’s is estimated to be about 1% of the US, but now every pharmacy in the country needs to buy and stock these bottles? Where did it say anyone has to stock these bottles? The article describes people who are 3D printing them: "Because of this t…
Nowhere, but unless you’re an idiot you know that’s where it’s going.
A billion extra pounds of plastic created every year and eventually going into the ocean.
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#43is it still "child proof"?
I used to work in a drug store. An older gentleman used to come in and say "Don't put my prescriptions in child-proof bottles because I don't have any children at home to open them for me."
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#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
> For example, at the grocery store, a theoretical eight-pack of bottled water costs $3.00. A theoretical 32-pack of bottled water costs $5.00. But no older person can lift a 32-pack of water. So to get 32 bottles of water, an older person has to pay 140% more just because they made the mistake of not dying young. The grocery store I go to (large regional brand) has for the last few years been asking people at checko…
That's half the battle... getting it from the curb, up the stairs, and into the home is also a problem that the helpful folks at the store won't solve
In cases like that of the bottled water, where the difficulty is because it is a large package bundling several smaller items, you can open the package in the car and bring the smaller items inside in smaller groups.
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#45is it still "child proof"?
>is it still "child proof"? I'm a dad, and I have a soapbox to stand on and talk about child proof container. I have memories of my young children discovering over-the-counter pills and rat poison. BUT, there is a distinct population of people who don't need or want child proof pill protection, and they should be served, too.
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#46If 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.
Here's an article with a picture if anyone wants to see what reaperducer is talking about [1].
On a much lighter note pill bottles aren't the only common container that has a mode of operation that most people have completely overlooked. The little paper ketchup cups common at many fast food places in the US have an operating mode that seems almost completely unknown. I've never seen any use it.
You see people having to work to hit the small cup when dipping their french fries, not realizing that the cup can be opened up make it easier to access the ketchup. Those sections on the side where the paper is folded back on itself can be unfolded to greatly increase the size of the cup.
Here's a photo [2] and a video [3].
[1] https://bestlifeonline.com/prescription-bottle-cap/
[2] https://twitter.com/davefrancois/status/998574865027338240
Re: New pill bottles for shaky hands will help people with Parkinson’s (2021)
#47I don’t get it. How does it work?
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#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
> While I absolutely approve of this, I’m constantly amazed at how far we’re (and mainly the US) is willing to go for ridiculously small percentages of the population. Parkinson’s is estimated to be about 1% of the US, but now every pharmacy in the country needs to buy and stock these bottles? Where did it say anyone has to stock these bottles? The article describes people who are 3D printing them: "Because of this t…
Nowhere, but unless you’re an idiot you know that’s where it’s going. A billion extra pounds of plastic created every year and eventually going into the ocean.
Are there any other instances of similar TikTok memes turning in to US federal legislation? There are plenty of bad regulations on the books but I don't see any reason to look at an article about a clever 3D printed device and immediately jump to the idea that it will somehow get added to the ADA.
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#49My 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.
It's amazing that so many things that are medicinal, or otherwise intended for people who are not at 100% are packaged in a way that makes them impossible to open. Zyrtec-D, and Flonase come to mind. Two great examples of companies that must really hate their customers. Zyrtec-D has to be opened by peeling a micro-thin layer of foil away from a paper-thin piece of plastic. Flonase is sealed inside a plastic blister p…
> All of this goes along with what I call the Elderly Tax. As a society, in many ways we punish people for living a long life.
Somewhat related: https://imdb.com/title/tt9270362/
An excellent film about how society simply isn’t built for older people, and the struggles that they go through on a daily basis. Very affecting.
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#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
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…
It often works to use the cap to push that wrapper off (by unscrewing it).
I've not specifically opened one of those bottles though.