Oxybutynin m/r

[Mrs. Robinson]

Do you leave Lyrinel 5mg m/r in its original container or remove to the glass bottle?

[Chirpy]

Leave in plastic original bottle where possible - it has a clic-loc lid & everything. We don't have glass dispensing bottles for tablets, your place sounds like a classy establishment.

[johnep]

BTC use glass.
johnep

[Mrs. Robinson]

it's got an aluminium foil on the top and i find it hard to tear it off. thought some patients would struggle and there's that funny looking stuff in the bottle which can be mistaken for a drug.

[admin]

Mrs Robinson

The top is covered in foil as you honestly state, and the other "funny looking stuff" contains silica gel which is a drying agent designed to keep the tablets dry, and stop them from absorbing moisture.

If I were your pharmacist, I would (if you asked me to) happily either remove the foil for you, or/and put the tablets in an ordinary bottle with a non child resistant lid on it.

Ask the pharmacy you use if they are happy to do this for you.

Hope this helps.

[Mrs. Robinson]

I know that this small tube contains desiccant to protect from moisture. There’s no need to bring it to my attention, Admin. I only wanted to know what you guys do with it. Janssen wants to keep the tabs. in the original package.

Mrs Robinson

The top is covered in foil as you honestly state, and the other "funny looking stuff" contains silica gel which is a drying agent designed to keep the tablets dry, and stop them from absorbing moisture.

If I were your pharmacist, I would (if you asked me to) happily either remove the foil for you, or/and put the tablets in an ordinary bottle with a non child resistant lid on it.

Ask the pharmacy you use if they are happy to do this for you.

Hope this helps.

[admin]

There’s no need to bring it to my attention, Admin. I only wanted to know what you guys do with it. Janssen wants to keep the tabs. in the original package.

Sorry - thought I was trying to help with my suggestion. Forget I said it.

[DavidS]

I know that this small tube contains desiccant to protect from moisture.

Difficult to know the level of knowledge of posters on the forum. We get a lot of questions from members of the public who, if anecdote can be believed, frequently eat the dessicant and throw the tablets away

Are you really a Mrs Robinson, or an Anne Bancroft fan (as I am)

[Mrs. Robinson]

You know what DavidS, I’ve been waiting for this question (about my nick) since I joined this forum lol.
I loved the film, I loved the music (number one on Billboard Hot 100!), I loved … I better stop, too much information

Too true about the desiccant hence my question.

Thanks Admin for your contribution. Maybe I should have introduced myself some time ago. I’m a pharmacist, find my job rewarding on the whole, however there are always some buts…so glad to be here.

Regards,
Mrs. Robinson

[admin]

You'll always be welcome on here.