Question about medicine in US Series/ films
 

Whenever they show a bathroom cabinet or someone taking pills, these transparent orange-ish bottles are shown, not blisters in their respective carboard box:

https://drivescachecloset.com/images...tle_medley.jpg

Any particular reason?

Re: Question about medicine in US Series/ films
 

That's the way most prescription medication comes in the U.S.

Re: Question about medicine in US Series/ films
 

What Citizen said. It's standard for most prescription meds to be dispensed that way. I think the only prescription I've ever gotten that came in a blister pack was my birth control, and that's only because the pills are supposed to be taken in a certain order.

Also, pharmacies receive their medications in large bottles of loose pills. They count out the proper amount from those bottles and dispense them in the vials like you've pictured.

Re: Question about medicine in US Series/ films
 

It's different in other contries, medicine comes in a box with its own packaging, as if it was just another product (cookies, a cellphone, batteries, etc.).

Same here.

Interesting, I didn't know that. What country are you in?

Argentina.

Re: Question about medicine in US Series/ films
 

Like this:

https://media.lmneuquen.com/adjuntos...0004561030.jpg

This is what a typical U.S. pharmacy looks like.

Well, those are much easier to biodegrade. I'm no "greenie", but we use way too much plastic in the U.S.-- when it's unnecessary.