Could a special pill bottle cap be a key to curbing opioid abuse?
CVS Pharmacy designed special caps to help patients keep track of their pill-taking, and the caps can be used for any medication, not just opioids.
Timer caps are like a stopwatch for your pill bottle. The cap lets you know the last time you closed your pill bottle. So if you can’t remember if you took you medication that morning you can go back and look at that bottle and it counts up the number of hours since you last closed the bottle.
The timer caps have a child-safe seal, but don’t lock. Nor do they prevent users from taking out too much at once.
But the timer feature could indicate if someone else is also opening the medication.
The most important thing for this cap is it just tells you the last time it was closed. So it will count up from that time.
The caps come in three sizes and can be reused after being reset.
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