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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

Huh, no wonder my kidneys are ossifing.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 15 hours ago

That's only for liquid measurements.

You need to squeeze the liquid out of the gelcaps for the actual proper dosage. πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ

[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago

I haven’t laughed this much in a long time, thank you

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago

Another fun fact if you have to peel the label back to see the dosage, it's actually just dealers choice.

[–] [email protected] 113 points 1 day ago (3 children)

That sounds like a great way to get yourself killed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Sounds like a win win to me.

[–] And009 2 points 11 hours ago

Selection aú naturalè

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 18 hours ago

Tylenol poisoning is a truly awful way to die.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 day ago
  1. Buy glass with pills
  2. Throw meaningless paper in the trash
  3. Remove label from glass
  4. Use lid as serving size
  5. Profit?
[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

We Americans with our 1000 tablet packs of ibuprofen

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Definitely gonna die from GI bleeds first!

The Stomach Ulcerator^TM^

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Better dead than minorly uncomfortable

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Hey man I'm not dead yetβ„’

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

New chubbyemu video coming up.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

if you press a thumbtack all the way through the lid near the edge, it completely negates the "push to turn" child safety--just open it like a regular bottle

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Why though? A childproof lid isn't that difficult to open.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

whatever level of difficulty you're defining as "not that difficult" -- remove that, and now it's zero.

that's why

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Weak hands can be troublesome. I recently had a ligament repair in my hand, and it does make it difficult/painful. It'll be a few weeks before I have the strength back

LPT: The lids on prescription pill bottles can usually be turned over and used as a cap, removing the child safety aspect. So now I can pop them open with one hand, no need to twist them

[–] [email protected] 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Could you not ask the pharmacist to put it in a child-unsafe container instead, in that case?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 19 hours ago

The containers they give me already have that option, you just flip the lid. I guess I could ask them to flip them for me, but I can still get them open either way... one way is just way easier (aka not child-proof lol)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

caps unfortunately do make spillage easier

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

This is true, and why I normally just use the child-safe side of the lid. But honestly, it fits more securely than I expected and I haven't had an issue.

I wouldn't put them in my bag like that, but I throw them in my bedside drawer willy-nilly and the lids don't budge loose at all. I was pleasantly surprised, because it's a small thing that's made my last couple of weeks a little easier

I honestly didn't even know the lids were designed to be used both ways until just a few years ago. Blew my mind a little cause I thought it to be ingenious, yet so simple. Go figure

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

I'll have to remember that one. I've just been using a knife to remove the outer shell of the cap.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Is this a joke?

I don't get it. Is it just because that would make 1 serve 20 pills or so?

What is equate?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Yes. Yes. Equate is the store brand name for Wal Mart medications. Equate will make equivalent products to Advil, Tylenol, etc but for cheaper.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Equate is the Walmart store brand of medicine

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I think equate is artificial sugar

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Big pharma doesn't want you to know this one simple trick!