Original Comment:
| Lynn | Packaging of Actonel | May 12th, 2008 | Rating: 6.3030 |
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| Your customers must be healthy or they couldn't get the package open. I just got my new 4 pack and have spent about one half hour trying to get to the first pill as instructed. It is the most impossible packaging I have met in many years of taking medications. This time, I got worn out with the struggle and tore the package apart. It is cute. It looks like it has everything - such a clever way to only take one pill once a week. You are worn out before you get to the pill. Not to mention the fact that it probably adds quite a bit to the cost of the medication. There must be an easier (and cheaper) way of getting 4 pills to a consumer. | |||
Replies:
| Patricia | No Subject | August 26th, 2003 |
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| I agree that the packageing is not for people without patience as it is very tricky to open. There must be an easier way. I generally take the dose out the night before I take it then in the a.m. O dpn't have to fumble and be afraid it will pop out. | ||
| Carol | actonel packaging | September 7th, 2003 |
| I never got into the stuggle of opening the package. I just took a pair of scissors and it was snipped out in a second... | ||
| Jean | No Subject | September 17th, 2003 |
| It seems to me to be an extreme example of over-packaging, adding substantially to its cost. | ||
| Christy | packaging | December 3rd, 2005 |
| It is a "pop out"...you push from the front and it "pops out" the back...much like the newer children's allergy meds (you don't want the kids to "Figure it out." I know as I use the kid's OTC if I need something stronger than the "natural/herbal products." However, if you "forget" that it pushes out the back (and I "did" forget...I will say...a "serrated knife" when you are undergoing the lack-of-sleep and overall strangeness of this med., is "not" the weapon of choice...scissors would be the "best." | ||
| Anonymous | No Subject | February 7th, 2008 |
| I can't believe what I just read! My five-year-old grandson can open the actonel "drawyer" as you call it. I guess I could understand it i9f you were suffering from rheumatoid arthritis and had severe hand-mobility problems, but jeez! Read the directions! | ||
| Ray Wilson | Opening the Actonel Package | February 7th, 2008 |
| Folks, I find it very difficult to believe what I am reading! Read the instructions! My five-year-old grandson can open the package! Simply open it as you would a book (it sticks a bit because of the adhesive, but that's just a safety issue), put a thumb and forefinger on each end of the package where the two red markings are and simply pull in opposite directions! When you have the pill card pulled out push a pill through the little foil piece that contains it in the package. This is so simple! | ||