On 2011-09-22, steamer wrote:
--I'm getting seriously ****ed off at those foil packaged pills that
require major surgery to remove.

Agreed!

Has anyone come up with anything useful to
dislodge them? Maybe a modified olive pitter or some such?

Well ... I've seen one on a TV report about how a nursing home,
when the resident dies, has to flush all the pills allocated to that
patient -- not re-use them to save someone else money.

I saw them using a lever/cam operated thing which punched out
all the pill compartments at one time. I suspect that you would need
several sets of dies -- one for each pattern.

What I normally do is use my thumbnail to cut the from the foil
side half way or 3/4 way around the pill compartment, and then press
from the other side to pop it out. Sometimes, with really tough foil, I
use a knife with a good point to cut 3/4 way around the pill.

Good Luck,
DoN.

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