--I'm getting seriously ****ed off at those foil packaged pills that
require major surgery to remove. Has anyone come up with anything useful to
dislodge them? Maybe a modified olive pitter or some such?

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steamer wrote:

--I'm getting seriously ****ed off at those foil packaged pills that
require major surgery to remove. Has anyone come up with anything useful to
dislodge them? Maybe a modified olive pitter or some such?


I just poke a hole in the foil and push the pill out from the other
side. The plastic coated foil is fairly weak after it's punctured. A
pocket knife, or small pair od surgical scissors work great. OTOH, I
sometimes just open a batch and put them in an old pill bottle so I
don't have to fool with them very often.


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On Sep 22, 12:18*pm, steamer wrote:
* * * * --I'm getting seriously ****ed off at those foil packaged pills that
require major surgery to remove. Has anyone come up with anything useful to
dislodge them? Maybe a modified olive pitter or some such?

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Not sure about all pill providers, but I found that Wal-Mart will
issue pills in those foil packages UNLESS YOU SAY YOU DO NOT WANT THEM
LIKE THAT. May take slightly longer to refill your order as they tend
to not stock pills in bottles.

Dan

On Sep 22, 11:18*am, steamer wrote:
* * * * --I'm getting seriously ****ed off at those foil packaged pills that
require major surgery to remove. Has anyone come up with anything useful to
dislodge them? Maybe a modified olive pitter or some such?

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An arbor press works very well.

TMT

On 22 Sep 2011 16:18:04 GMT, steamer wrote:

--I'm getting seriously ****ed off at those foil packaged pills that
require major surgery to remove. Has anyone come up with anything useful to
dislodge them? Maybe a modified olive pitter or some such?

Scissors or a razorblade work for me. Xacto knife


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steamer wrote:

--I'm getting seriously ****ed off at those foil packaged pills that
require major surgery to remove. Has anyone come up with anything useful
to dislodge them? Maybe a modified olive pitter or some such?

I just push them out from the other side, splitting the foil. If the
foil is plastic-backed and won't split, like a ketchup package, and
doesn't have a starter notch, I just grab a sharp knife or scissors.

Hope This Helps!
Rich

On Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:07:10 -0700, Gunner Asch
wrote:

On 22 Sep 2011 16:18:04 GMT, steamer wrote:

--I'm getting seriously ****ed off at those foil packaged pills that
require major surgery to remove. Has anyone come up with anything useful to
dislodge them? Maybe a modified olive pitter or some such?

Scissors or a razorblade work for me. Xacto knife


Razor knife as I call them, always carry one. Nothing worse than a
life draining cold or headache and having to dick around with getting
a pill that doesn't help much anyhow out of the package.

I want to know what everybody else says to the doctors that gets them
good drugs. They never let me have anything. Your in the best country
in the world ya can handle life on aspirin, they seem to say to me.

That or off to the feed store and buying Therimiesen (antibiotics) for
my imaginary goat. I'm always nervous about doing that and such a
terrible liar, especially with a sore throat.


SW

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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wrote:
Not sure about all pill providers, but I found that Wal-Mart will
issue pills in those foil packages UNLESS YOU SAY YOU DO NOT WANT THEM
LIKE THAT. May take slightly longer to refill your order as they tend
to not stock pills in bottles.
--Aha! That's exactly the problem! I turned 65 and got switched to
WalMart and those !@#$% blue plastic dispensers that seriously suck..
Thanks for the tip; I didn't know I had an option any more..

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On Sep 26, 8:40*pm, steamer wrote:


* * * * --Aha! That's exactly the problem! I turned 65 and got switched to
WalMart and those !@#$% blue plastic dispensers that seriously suck..
* * * * Thanks for the tip; I didn't know I had an option any more..

--
* * * * "Steamboat Ed" Haas * * * * : *Steel, Stainless, Titanium: *
* * * * Hacking the Trailing Edge! *: *Guaranteed Uncertified Welding!
* * * * * * * * * * * * *www.nmpproducts.com
* * * * * * * * * *---Decks a-wash in a sea of words---

The first time I took the pills in all those individual packets. The
second time I told the clerk I wanted them to take the pills out of
the individual packets and put in a bottle. And that is when I found
out there was a choice.

Dan