When You Run Out of Meds
I use a medication manager with two compartments for each day of the week; morning/night. What do you guys use?
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I keep my morning meds on the counter, evening meds on the shelf, occasionally used medicine in the drawer, and uncommonly used medicine in a bin in the closet. Can't use a pill planner because kids could open them easily.
I think there's some lockable ones, but they honestly seemed like a huge friction to open all the time, which kind of defeats the purpose. I have 14 meds per day so I wanted something I can pre-prepare once a week; I kept forgetting some pills and horrible things happened lol
I just keep the box hidden. The kids are old enough now they wouldn't do something silly like that, and luckily (?) all my pills taste like absolute bitter garbage so nobody would ever want to take them in the first place (e.g. propranolol… eugh)
My in-laws in Canada are able to get something from the pharmacy where their medication comes to them already in what is effectively a disposable pill organizer. They get several weeks’ worth of pills at a time. This is especially useful since they’re in their 80s and have reduced vision. It might be worth looking to see if you can get a similar service somewhere.
Yeah… it's probably getting to that point where I need to use a Webster-pak (local name). I tend to be stubborn and hold onto my independence in things like this for as long as possible. That outlook has it's pros and cons. Give it a year, (or a few more pills), and I'll probably relent lol