Which of the following is the drug container that must be broken to obtain the drug?

Published on March 24, 2015

When you pick up your medications at the pharmacy you may notice that they are typically dispensed in amber colored vials or plastic containers. You may or may not be aware that these amber colored vials are not the original bottle the manufacturer dispensed the medication in.

For the majority of medications, transferring them from the manufacturer’s original bottle to the pharmacy’s amber vials is not a big deal, and lets the pharmacy purchase in bulk (which is more cost-effective)—unless you are taking certain medications.

Some drugs, per the manufacturer, are to be dispensed in their original container due to the sensitivity, integrity, and stability of the medication. Medications can be sensitive to many things including light, temperature, humidity, or moisture. It is important to properly maintain and store your medications according to the recommendations of the manufacturer.

So what are some examples of medications that need to be dispensed and stored in the original container?

Tablets

• Atripla (bottle)

• Complera (bottle)

• Effient (bottle)

• Hepsera (bottle)

• Micardis (blister pack)

• Nitroglycerin (bottle)

• Sovaldi (bottle)

• Treximet (plastic container in box)

• Truvada (bottle)

• Accolate (bottle)

• Tekturna (bottle)

Orally dissolving tablets

• Zofran (blister card)

• Zyprexa Zydis (foil pouch)

Films

• Suboxone (foil pouch)

• Zuplenz (foil pouch)

Capsules

• Aggrenox (bottle)

• Gengraf (blister pack)

• Neoral (blister pack)

• Pradaxa (bottle)

• Tecfidera (starter pack or bottle)

Chewable tablets

• Isentress (bottle)

Liquid

• Isentress (bottle)

• Trileptal (bottle)

• Gengraf (bottle)

• Neoral (bottle)

Injectables

• Enbrel (syringes, vials, or pens in a box)

• Humira (syringes or pens in a box)

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