Hazards from the use of child-resistant drug containers.
Fifty-nine patients receiving repeat prescriptions for anti-rheumatic drugs were visited unexpectedly at home and found to have had experience with ;Snap-Safe' child-resistant containers. Forty-one (70 per cent) patients were unable to use them. Twenty-seven (46 per cent) patients adopted hazardous alternative methods of storage. Ways of reducing this problem are suggested.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000700:Analgesics; D004349:Drug Packaging / Q000379:methods*; D004356:Drug Storage; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged
D000700:Analgesics