Ask the Strategist: A Pillbox That Doesn’t Rattle or Wear Down the Edges of a Pill
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Question: Is there such a thing as a pillbox that doesn’t rattle or wear down the edges of a pill? Like a pillbox that is lined in velvet or something?
Here’s the thing: Most pillboxes are designed either to be as organized as possible, leading to lots of compartments, or to be clear reminders that one should take one’s pills every day, so everything winds up in bright colors and hard plastic. Meanwhile, all the newfangled techie “smart” pillboxes are made to alert you or your loved ones if you’ve missed a day of pill taking. So in pretty much every case they’re plastic and noticeable and loud.
So the best place to look for a velvet-lined pillbox is on eBay or Etsy, where I managed to find anantique silver pillbox lined in red velvet, ahalf-travel-clock-half-velvet-lined-pillbox, and an interestingJapanese brocade boxthat twists and expands to open and close. All of those are the softest and quietest pill holder options.
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If you’re the DIY type, I might also suggest buying aring boxand cutting out the bottom cushion to make it deeper. From there, you’ll have a highly protected and quiet pillbox.
Another way to solve the problem of noisy pill rattling is putting the plastic pillboxes or canisters inside another case to muffle the noise, like this sportyone from Amazonor a slightly more attractiveSaffiano leather Henri Bendel version. Still, that doesn’t solve the problem of a pill’s edges wearing down.
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Happy Amazon reviewers also mention that thissoft plastic squeeze pouchdampens sound, but it’s small, so it only carries around eight pills.
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And I’ll leave you here with a frequent pill carrier’s tip to keep the rattling at a minimum: Put acotton ball or twoinside the case. That stops the rattling, absorbs sounds, and it might even protect the pills from wearing down. If you do that, you can go with some more stylish options, like this Art Decoblack and gold Cielo pill holder, a handsomeround metal circular onethat also comes with a mirror, or thisfoldable pink onethat kind of makes you think it’s a children’s toy, but seems really practical with lots of compartments.
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