If you take multiple medicines, and/or have a complex medication schedule, it’s super convenient. It self audits whether you took your meds already and avoids spending a lot of time sorting pills into organizers.
It’s also really convenient for travel; just tear off the packets for the time you’ll be away.
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When I was taking several different medications, I started seeing why this service would be useful, even as a relatively organized, non-impaired person.
To me it was an absolutely American thing from the movies: I've always had the posology written by doctors already in layman terms, and nobody counts pills, you just get the number of boxes needed for the period of treatment (e.g. now for a treatment for which I need 38.5 pills I got exactly 38.5, in all other EU countries I've lived in I'd get 1x40/2x20/4x10 boxes).
Loose pills in bottles are seen as a hazard in most countries after contamination/confusion incidents.
Maybe they only do it if they think you'll have difficulty managing it yourself.
https://www.globalsupport.harvard.edu/travel/advice/tips-tra....
So 20mg Med A, 10mg Med B Morning 9/26/2023
The time depends on your prescription. So you can ask your doc to write it how you need.