How difficult is it to remove the pills from each compartment?
209436
I find the pills very easy to remove. The only problem I've had is my vitaman D pill is gel and it sometimes has to be jostled loose. Other than that- still the best pill box I've found.
209437
Easy for me! For larger pills, I shake them out. For smaller pills, I use my pointing finger to slide them out...EASY!!!!
209438
It is very easy. I open the compartment and turn it over in my hand and the pills just fall out. There are four separate compartment doors, but when you fill your pills for the week. You can take the compartment doors off as one whole piece for easy filling. Best pill container that I have ever bought, and I have bought several.
209439
I open the container compartment and dump them into my hand or into a small nut cup. Fortunately my hands are not stiff. My mother used the end do a spoon to open the latch and then dumped them into a shallow dish to pick up.
209440
I find it very easy to open/close, the pills can be dumped out. I haven't had any issues with removing pills.
209441
The little lids lift up easily. My hands are still nimble and I had no trouble at all. I like the way the other three lid covers stay shut when you open one lid cover to dump out the contents.
209442
It is very easy. Each compartment snaps closed and strays closed allowing you to open one and turn the organizer over to empty the contents out.
88164
NOT in a small jar unfortunately. What we do is take them out of the package they are in and put them into small bottle. They do come out of the package fairly easy, but if you have a hard time with any type of package then you might like our idea. We've used a small knife on other packages just to get the pill out and put in our own small bottle.
259727
There are 28 compartments. Assuming the daily dose of pills for the 5 medications are small enough to fit into one compartment, and that they are all taken at the same time, 28 days. If some pills need to be taken in the morning and some in the evening (requiring two alarm settings per day), then you would need to refill it every 14 days. In this case, you would load the pill dispenser with morning pills and evening pills alternating in every other compartment, so each time the alarm sounds, the appropriate pills (morning or evening) would come into view. This is the way we use the pill dispenser, so we refill it every 14 days. There are 28 compartments. Assuming the daily dose of pills for the 5 medications are small enough to fit into one compartment, and that they are all taken at the same time, 28 days. If some pills need to be taken in the morning and some in the evening (requiring two alarm settings per day), then you would need to refill it every 14 days. In this case, you would load the pill dispenser with morning pills and evening pills alternating in every other compartment, so each time the alarm sounds, the appropriate pills (morning or evening) would come into view. This is the way we use the pill... » Read More There are 28 compartments. Assuming the daily dose of pills for the 5 medications are small enough to fit into one compartment, and that they are all taken at the same time, 28 days. If some pills need to be taken in the morning and some in the evening (requiring two alarm settings per day), then you would need to refill it every 14 days. In this case, you would load the pill dispenser with morning pills and evening pills alternating in every other compartment, so each time the alarm sounds, the appropriate pills (morning or evening) would come into view. This is the way we use the pill dispenser, so we refill it every 14 days. « Show Less
1899324
I am happy with the product, however I always wondered the same thing. Why the capsules are in this type of packaging. It has always been very difficult for me to get them out. I sometimes drop them on the floor. I thought of sitting there and opening all at once and putting them in a spare pill bottle to have easy access when I need them. Guess we will just have to deal with it for now.
1747694
Do all of them need to be taken at the same time? Could you spread them out? I have put 6 meds and 2 stool softeners in a compartment at a time. There are 28 slots. I have the timer set for 4 dosages per day for 7 days. I fill the dispenser for my Mom every Saturday. It is easiest to load the meds in a regular 28 slot plastic pill box and transfer to the dispenser. I labeled the box for easy transfer. This way you have a weeks worth of back up pills in case there are pharmacy issues or you need someone else to load the dispenser if you go out of town. Hope this helps.
2088553
I don't have much trouble popping the pills out. The boxes inside the outer box contain the exact same blister packs as popular pharmacy store brands. I've never had to peel paper.
1901466
It's fairly hard to get into. You have to have the key to unlock it. I guess if you really worked at it, you could pick the lock. If the alarm went off and you ignored it for 30 min until it no longer beeped and just left the pills in the slot, a child could then get the pills that are exposed in that slot. But that seems to be the only way a child could get pills out of it.
1531986
They are very hard. I have never tried. It might be easier to partially let them dissolve. But if you had a pill cutter it would probably work
1304335
you take out the whole day's blue container (4 compartments); however, each compartment has an easy-open lid (that's hinged on the right side) so you can dump one small compartment of pills into your hand and the other three lids remain closed....this is very easy for my Mom to use and you can take the entire day's pills with you if you're out and about
1304333
Stacey, Each daily pill container has four separate compartments. Each compartment has it own lid. It works well for us. JimG
639363
There is really no locking compartment. What happens is that at the alarm time the round tray rotates such that the next compartment is underneath a dispensing hole. You can pick the entire unit up and dump the pills into your hand, which also shuts off the alarm. The only issue is that if you do not get the pills out before the NEXT alarm time, they will be inaccessible. That's usually not a problem, but you can set the schedule for up to 4 pill-taking times per day, so don't sleep too long if that is the schedule!
680231
I guess it depends on how hard you push them down in the bottle. But, I think they are easy to remove. I have no trouble at all.
2213506
It isn't difficult to open, but I guess that could depend on whether or not he has arthritis. You just grasp the plastic handle and slide it to uncover the compartment you want to retrieve medication from.
1562992
Hi...I would say no - I can fit 6-8 pills that size in there, but 9-10 would be pushing it. Since there are four compartments, I sometimes separate them into two boxes (unless you need to take that many pills four times a day...). It is very roomy in general!
504830
I'm not sure I will be of any help because u don't have a hard time opening this particular bottle. It's actually one of the easiest ones I have opened. I recommend maybe purchasing a different bottle at Walmart that is easy for you to open and put the vitamins in there and just toss the current bottle you have.
1773089
I actually bought the pill organizer for my mother. She said that you need to push in the corner tab (Saturday) and at the same time pull out the long plastic piece but careful not to pull it all the way out or you will break it. And fill up with your pills. You will need to do this for each strip. Now to dispense your pills push in the tab and pull out the plastic only upto the pills you need at that time and turn over box to drop into your hand. Hope this helps.
420941
It's not difficult at all. I have 2 bottles with different solutions in them for different floors, and change them every time I do the floors. They just pop right out.