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From: "juanita" <>
Subject: Re: [ML] Pop-top can lids openers
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 08:07:34 -0600
In-Reply-To: <1f4.15c45f18.3098cb6f@aol.com>


I don't have arthritis in my fingers but do have short fingernails
and those pills individually sealed are next to impossible to get out
of the package. I have to use the tip of a paring knife to cut the
foil and even then, the pill is wedged in the cardboard someway that
makes it difficult to pull out.

I guess manufacturers package them this way to keep kids from getting
them....but they may be the only ones who CAN get them out!

juanita

> I take a little pill each morning that is in a bubble wrap. First
> there is paper on the back and then foil. If I've just trimmed my
> fingernails no way can I open it. I really have to work to get the
> pill out of the wrapper. I wonder how arthritics handle this? I can
> see the reason for elaborate wrapping because of the tampering problem
> but give me a break!! Sharon K.


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