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They have bottles specifically designed for that that you can request.
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You ask your pharmacist for the easy open ones.
Or, some places like CVS, include tops you can put on upside down and they are easier to open.
Ask someone the first time I guess, then most pill bottle lids can be put on upside down and just be used like a regular cap instead of child proof.
If you dont have children in the house they have simple pill bottles.
I’m pretty sure you can ask a pharmacist for non childproof containers if it’s a prescription. For OTC stuff no idea.
Put it down, because you are obviously a child and shouldn’t be taking pills.
In seriousness this is why those bottles mostly have the threats on the other side of the cap. You get if off once then use the other end and it is a just a light twist off. People who don’t have kids in the house do that.
You find a workaround that works for you. Maybe you figure a way to open the cap one hand, maybe you have someone open it for you, maybe you transfer to a different container.
Childproof is kinda the standard bottle. You can request a normal/easy bottle from some places, ask them to make it a foil punch out packet, or put them in your own container (like the daily schedule tray)
There are ways to remove the child protection from over the counter child proof bottles (I would recommend a Google search for that). But prescription meds can be dispensed in not child proof lids, if you ask.
When those started to be a thing my grandma couldn’t open them but my uncle who was 6 at the time could so she had the child do it.
Just ask the pharmacy to put regular tips on the bottles. Mine does.
Some of the bottles have lids that are child-proof one way but when the lid is upside down it can screw on and be child accessible. [Like this](https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Reversible-Child-Proof-Cap-Pill-Bottle_60779365833.html)
The orange prescription bottles? The tops are reversible to screw w/out the child lock if you flip them over. Or you specify when filling for non-childproof caps.
Good answers here. Get the pharmacist to put them in a non childproof container. Have the same pharmacist use *[the reversable lid container](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/31BMjPZV+jL.jpg)* and put it on in reverse for you when your receive it. I had the second one done for me when I broke my wrist, zero hand strength for a while. :/
Another service/product people don’t think about is a little device that *[cuts pills in half](https://image.made-in-china.com/2f0j00CgjYifDsgubV/Pill-Cutter-Splitter-Medicine-Box-for-Small-Pills.jpg)* with little effort or dexterity needed, and does it precisely with no flying pill chunks or mess anywhere. Great tool that was provided to me for free by the pharmacist with a “Take 1/2 every X hours” prescription.
the lids of the bottles from Walmart Pharmacy are reversible. If you flip them over they screw on without the child lock.
Ask for arthritis pill bottles
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No kids at my place so I leave the medicine open and in little piles for each day.
I used My teeth. And asked my gf to help
I had hand surgery and the pharmacist put easy open lids on all my meds.
Angle grinder
You ask a child to open them, in my family at least. I figured out childproof caps as a toddler…don’t leave toddlers alone with pill bottles.
Some of them also have reversible caps that just press into the bottle (and pop out) if there are no concerns with children getting ahold of them
The pill bottles I get have multi-purpose lids. One way, they’re childproof. Turn them upside down, and they close the bottle without being childproof.
You can ask for the bottles, like you say.
Some years ago there was a funny TV commercial that explained that non-childproof packaging was available at pharmacies.
Old lady: My doctor wants me to take this medicine three times a day, but my arthritis makes it too hard to open.
Pharmacist: Why, there are special bottles to protect little children!
Old lady: My children are all grown!
Pharmacist: Well what about grandchildren?
Old lady: My grandson is 23 years old!
Pharmacist: well what about great grandchildren?
Old lady: My grandson is studying to be a priest!
I’ve been getting non-childproof bottles for years, because I don’t have small children and why not. Every single time, I have to sign an acknowledgment that it’s not childproof, even if it’s something that doesn’t come in a childproof container.
no hand injury but once the child lock one of my med bottles was stuck or something and i could not for the life of me get it open, ended up melting the plastic with a lighter and then cutting it open the rest of the way 😵💫
This is America, we shoot the lid off.
Seriously though prescription pill bottles can usually be made non-child proof by just reversing the lid. For over the counter drugs you have someone else open them and store them in a different container. There is also some manufacturers who sell non-child safe bottles with the express understanding your ass is responsible for making sure they don’t get in children’s hands.