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Old Dec 13, 2017, 02:58 AM
Anonymous40413
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Originally Posted by BirdDancer View Post
Breadfish, that really seems like it was/is a terrible hassle!

I can't help but wonder how some elderly people manage. Or people with mental illness symptoms (that are alone) that make concentration difficult. I know some have visiting nurse services or even live in assisted housing, but some don't.
Around here there's something my phamacy calls the Medicaton Roll (at my mother's job they call it Baxter, somewhere else they called it ATC sachets). It's basically a roll of small sachets containing pills with a date and a time (and your personalia, and a list of contents) on it. So if it says 13-12-2017 9.00 you know you'd have to take the contents of that sachet in 6 minutes.

I've accidentally taken too many meds, or the wrong meds, before. I'm very careful about filling my pill organizer - if my concentration is bad it might take 2 hours, othetwise about 20 minutes - but I've taken morning meds at night and the other way around (which made me reallly drowsy, slept half the morning or afternoon whenever that happened). Or accidentally swallowed 2 compartments instead of 1 and stuff.
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