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[Tinkrbl44]

I have an aunt that takes MANY prescriptions and cannot manage the bottles well, so I'm trying to find a good rotating storage container .... or something.

I thought maybe a simple Rubbermaid turntable would do the trick, but it doesn't look like it. While Lori Grenier has a nice storage box for makeup, it doesn't look like it would work for drugstore prescription pill bottles ......

Does ANYONE have suggestions or know of a product that would take care of this organizational mess?

TIA !!!

[Mama Mia]

We use long drawer organizers for ours, easy to lift if necessary, also come in different sizes.

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[Marp2]

Some spice organizers would probably work well. There are many style options from cabinet type with drawers, in drawer organizers and those that are upright shelves.

[newziesuzie]

Roughly estimating how many bottles are there Tinkrbl?

[Still Raining]

I have two of the smaller Rubbermaid turntables side by side on the bottom shelf of the upper cabinet in the kitchen so they are at eye level. It works fine for me. I put the ones in use around the outside and the unopened ones in the center so I can see what needs refilled.

[banjo]

QVC used to carry a spice organizer that had drawers that would work very well. I don't know if they still cary them but I have seen something similar at Bed, Bath & Beyond. I have 2 of them to store my spices in, and they would work for prescription bottles as well.

[Tinkrbl44]

On 11/28/2014 newziesuzie said:

Roughly estimating how many bottles are there Tinkrbl?

Probably about 25-ish .....

[betteb]

On 11/28/2014 Tinkrbl44 said:

On 11/28/2014 newziesuzie said:

Roughly estimating how many bottles are there Tinkrbl?

Probably about 25-ish .....

That's a lot of meds. Is she elderly? Maybe she needs a daily dose organizer.

This one, the meds can be set up, 4 times a day dosing for a month at time

0r they have weekly

Both at Walgreens search pill organizers

[feline groovy]

I've taken at least a dozen daily prescriptions since my 20's, and just use a plastic semi--translucent Rubbermaid container with a lid, shaped like a rectangular shoe box.

The lid enables it to be taken anywhere, and it also helps protect the contents inside. I have another for my daily supplements as well.

It fits all of my meds, including the daily over-the-counter ones. Also, it's taken a lot of rough handling over many years time, and still works great.

BTW, you don't have to store everything standing up on end. Since meds come in varying sizes, including long bottles, you can store some lying down.

[Big Sister]

I keep my med bottles in a bottom or the lid of a box such as a Whitman's Sampler candy box, slide the box into a kitchen cabinet and remove the entire thing when I want to refill my weekly plastic containers/organizers. It works perfectly for me.