r/mildlyinfuriating • u/astercalendula • Jun 22 '26

SPOILER ALERT I can't open my arthritis medicine because I have arthritis

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Currently waiting for my husband to get home because I can't open my arthritis medicine due to me having arthritic hands.

*UPDATE: *

Thank you to everyone who suggested solutions.

I especially loved learning about how Meloxicam helps your dog/cat/chinchilla!

To reply to some common comments:

  • I will request a different cap next time. This is a new-ish condition, and I just don't take it regularly enough to bother going to the pharmacy. Also, I've fiddled with it enough now that the nubs wore down and it's no longer me-proof.

  • Thank you for the warnings of ulcers and kidney damage. I guess it's pretty common with NSAIDS, so I'll keep the dosage as needed only.

  • Why I didn't use tools: it was 10 PM. I didn't want to.

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u/icehot54321 Jun 22 '26

also buy a pill holder

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u/ItWearsHimOut Jun 22 '26

But only if keeping the medication at home. If traveling, having prescription medication outside of the bottle with the pharmacy label can cause serious charges if you're ever unlucky enough to be searched by police (or stupid enough to consent to a search by police). This advice is USA-specific.

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u/Nearby-Sentence-4740 Jun 22 '26

I only keep narcotics in their original labeled bottle. Everything else is stuff you wouldn’t abuse like Meloxicam or statins and they go in my pill minder.

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u/mm_reads Jun 22 '26

This is rabbit hole I would love to explore. For traveling for two weeks, I pack my meds in two or three bottles and take photos of the bottles (name, medication, strength, doctor etc). Otherwise I would be carrying 12 different bottles. How do people on a ton of medications handle it?

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u/danafromsantaana Jun 23 '26

The unfortunate answer is indeed carrying 12 different bottles. I put them in a makeup bag. The hilarious part is no one has ever checked or cared when I mention they’re labeled

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u/JustAMinah Jun 22 '26

no, it is helpful. they can go back and get them to open it, and then change on their profile for easy open caps. I had to do this despite it being on my profile..luckily, my current pharmacy is down the street so it wasn't a hassle to drive back. I was feel a lil wimpy though lol. I would've just asked someone at work the next day to do it,(I've done before) but it's my tramadol and I like taking it before work, so I'm not in pain rather than it kicking in an hour or two into work (plus, I can't/shouldnt fix the pharmacy's mess up on it. and going back shows moving forward, they have been better making sure I get the cap. I also check before I leave so I can catch it, too. oh, helps that my neighbor works there so I guess I can bug her at home lol)

random-ish, but back when I first got diagnosed and not medicated as I am now, I had the hardest time opening this sparkling cider I bought. I saw what time it was and the day, knowing around this time my mom is usually in my area so I hit her up real quick. she looked so bad ass! I gave her a grippy thingy to help, she waved it off. still having her cig in her mouth, she opened that bottle with ease. lol