loose tablets

[naf123]

Blister packing is a nightmare.

I wonder if there are manufacturers or wholesalers who can supply in the loose form tablets? I am aware we can get metformin in packs of 500, aspirin in packs of 1000, levothyroxine etc

But what about simvastatin 40mg? Can you get them in packs of 1000? it would be a dream! Surely it would be cheaper because they don't have to box it up?

Thanks

[looking243]

A good idea; I have pondered on this a fair few times while my finger tips are being shredded to pieces when I had to make some blister packs.

[johnep]

In US counting machines used for dispensing. Also believe hospitals order bulk, try a google.
johnep

[bobbin]

But what about simvastatin 40mg? Can you get them in packs of 1000?

As far as I know, there are no bulk packs of simvastatin marketed in the UK.

[tinx25388]

I am not aware of any - if there were I would love to know! My fingers are hardened most of the time, but after a week off, its back to finger shredding!

[hibernia]

The whole point of spending good money to put the meds in blisters is to protect the drug UNTIL it is taken and to make it readily identifiable. It should stay in the blister until immediately before the patient pops it into their mouth.
The problem is the repacking of meds into dosette boxes for practically every patient. Very few really need it.

[weeneldo]

WHOEVER INVENTED THOSE B*****D F*****G OMEPRAZOLE THAT YOU HAVE TO PEEL THE B*****D BLISTER OPEN IS A *[content removed for legal reasons, original poster has now been detained in state psychiatric hospital]*!!!!!!

[naf123]

I wonder if anyone has this

Product Lines, Patients Care, Deblistering Systems, D1500 | RBP Bauer Deblistering | Germany - Aachen - Monschau

Looks like a small neat device but I wonder how many tablets/capsules does it crushes!

Can Pharmacists force their employers to buy this to prevent RSI?

[Fleegle]

Fully agree. Dosette boxes are purely an attempt to force extra dispensing fees. They are a consumate pain in the hole. What's worse, in my experience, they are usually so shabbily put together that they are not just no help to the patient...they are a danger. I do three per month, under duress. I do them myself as checking is a nightmare. I stick a plastic thing on another plastic thing and dispense it. The fees I am paid do not warrant my time. Dosette boxes are bacteria-collectors in which every tablet has become a potential health-hazard to the patient in some form.

'Monitored dosage systems' me arse. Who actually 'monitors' them anyway?

Fleeg.

[weeneldo]

Who actually 'monitors' them anyway?

Well thankfully many patients have home helps, and they always ensure the medication is used correctly and safely...

...AHAHAHAHAHA...

...I couldn't even TYPE that with a straight face.

But seriously, when the doctors are signing the cancelled out left hand side of scripts printed to get the repeat slip on the other side, you know that no-one is monitoring anything. Thankfully we have one evil receptionist at each practice who helps out by insisting you explain everything to her before you can explain it again to the GP and by rolling dice to decide what the rules are going to be today.