[at-l] packing meds

[Steve Landis]

I just assumed that it is common knowledge that repackaging meds is 
illegal if you are not a pharmacy.  I suppose you could copy the 
original label and keep it in the new packaging.  There's always the 
blister packaging option.
...and would that be the most serious law that will be broken on your hike.

Steve

David Addleton wrote:
> there's some kind of law against taking prescriptions out of their 
> labeled bottle. I saw a father once arrested for that because he was 
> late returning a child and the child's meds to a custodial mom . . . he 
> had the child's meds in a ziplock . . .  just say'n . . . we live in a 
> stoopid, foolishly regulated world . . .
> 
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 7:15 PM, Steve Landis <s.landis at comcast.net 
> <mailto:s.landis at comcast.net>> wrote:
> 
>     I just gave  him what he asked for.  How about this...
>     http://www.consolidatedplastics.com/Consolidated-White-Block-Reclosable-Bags-C67.aspx
> 
>     http://www.consolidatedplastics.com/2-Mil-C637.aspx
> 
>     Steve
> 
> 
>     Jim Bullard wrote:
>      > Too many bags/too much money. Try:
>      > <http://www.theearthtoymall.com/152milclearz.html> or
>      > <http://www.abeadstore.com/s.nl/it.A/id.358/.f>. If you want a
>     different
>      > size, Google on the size you want (i.e. 1") and "zip lock bags".
>     Or try
>      > eBay. Here's one I found <http://tinyurl.com/6x72ut> for 1.5" X
>     1.5" bags.
>      >
>      > On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Steve Landis
>     <s.landis at comcast.net <mailto:s.landis at comcast.net>
>      > <mailto:s.landis at comcast.net <mailto:s.landis at comcast.net>>> wrote:
>      >
>      >    
>     http://www.buythecase.net/product/18399/ezydose_pill_pouch/?engine=googlebase
>      >
>      >
>      >     Steve
>      >
>      >     Bruce W. Calkins wrote:
>      >      > *If you look around a little you should be able to find small
>      >     zip-lock
>      >      > bags.  The best ones I found (years ago) were in a
>     Wal-Mart pharmacy
>      >      > labeled EZY DOSE Pill Pouch with a space to write in data like
>      >     dates and
>      >      > times.  Unfortunately, I have not seen them again and I
>     did not get a
>      >      > lifetime supply.  I would recommend double or triple
>     bagging your
>      >     meds.
>      >      > Water plays havoc with most pills.  Sometimes paranoia is
>     just common
>      >      > sense.*
>      >      >
>      >      > **
>      >      >
>      >      > *Black Wolfe*
>      >      >
>      >      > *Bruce W.*
>      >      >
>      >      > **
>      >      >
>      >      > **
>      >      >
>      >      >     I'm dealing with packing meds in the plural for the first
>      >     time for a
>      >      >     long trip.
>      >      >
>      >      >     What have others found to be the best way to do this?
>      >      >
>      >      >     suz
>      >
>      > --
>      > Jim Bullard
>      > http://jims-ramblings.blogspot.com/
>