My mother's pills wer organised by day and time of day 15 years ago.
ALso comments about how it saves wasted pills don't make sense for me. The doctor prescribes x pills for the course of treatment. So the pharmasist gives you x pills.
Yes for ibuprofen and other drugs you take as needed then you will have some left over as typically you have a headache and take one dose.
Yep, they do
> Also comments about how it saves wasted pills don't make sense for me
People don't follow instructions sometimes, and doctors overprescribe for the instructions they give you. My doctor wrote me a prescription for something a long time ago and warned me about the risk of addiction. They said I should stick to a dose, but prescribed me a larger amount because I could take more _if I needed it_ for a day or two. The pharmacist filled the prescription for about 3x what I should have been given without blinking an eye.
There are costs involved in appointments and filling prescriptions and you being trusted with an excess gives the system some flexibility that might avoid an extra appointment or visit to pharmacy.
Did it turn out ok?
Also in my experience pharmacists dislike having to do this laborious process.