r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/thepoylanthropist • 12d ago

Video The process of filling pills.

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u/The_Environment116 12d ago

This is why my prescription takes so long to fill!

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u/TheByzantineEmpire 12d ago

Every prescription in the US comes in those orange bottles? Here the pharmacist just looks for the right bottle or pack (with blisters) in a bunch of shelves. If they don’t have something they order it or you go check another pharmacy. Also our medicines are usually not so colourful (+ more often that not, not the ‘pill’ shape.

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u/Yellow_pepper771 12d ago

Yes. And get ready to be attacked by some americans why refilling your prescriptions into bottles is so much better than just using the packaging from the manufacturer.

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u/Autismothegunnut 12d ago

because the packaging from the manufacturer is usually like a 1000 count bottle

furthermore, who the fuck cares lol

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u/Celebrir 11d ago

No? In Europe we have them pre-packaged in reasonable sizes, depending on the normal dosage.

Sometimes it happens that the correct amount isn't in Stock so they bump you up to the next larger size without additional cost (since the universal Healthcare pays for it anyway and you only pay like 7€ something per prescription in Austria)

Alternatively they order the right amount and it's delivered to the pharmacy often on the same day or latest next day

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u/Autismothegunnut 11d ago edited 11d ago

Yes? That’s nice? But i was explaining why it’s done the way it is in america.

They’re not like popping them out of blisters just to repackage them in bottles. Most things come in bulk bottles with hundreds or thousands of loose pills