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Child-resistant packaging can be a problem for some aged individuals or people with disabilities. [11] [12] [13] Regulations require designs to be tested to verify that most adults can access the package. [14] Some jurisdictions allow pharmacists to provide medications in non-CR packages when there are no children in the same house.
Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970; Long title: An Act to amend the Federal Hazardous Substances Act to provide for child resistant packaging to protect children from serious personal injury or serious illness resulting from handling, using, or ingesting a hazardous substance, and for other purposes.
Internet pharmacies mail the prescribed drugs to the customer; boxes or mailing envelopes are used. Child resistant packaging is often required on the unit packs; if requested, a pharmacist is allowed put drugs in a bottle with easy open features. Over-the-counter drugs are sold in drug stores, grocery stores, and diverse retail outlets.
OTC Bayer medication with child-resistant packaging (cap) and tamper-resistant carton and innerseal Photo of the packaging of four medicines dispensed in the United Kingdom showing their Product Licence Numbers and symbols denoting if they are Prescription Only Medicine (POM) or Pharmacy Medicine (P), or lacking either, denoting General Sales List (GSL).
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Patients can request medications come in non-protected bottles at their pharmacy, but this is not recommended for patients with young children in the home. [16] Because some children will defeat child-resistant caps, medicine should always be stored up out of reach in latched cabinets or closets.
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