No More...Medicine (not really)

So unfortunately, I won't be able to give up plastic completely. Plastic bottles of ibuprofen will always be part of my life.
But are there any medicines that can be replaced by plastic free products?
This blog is about my quest to protect the environment and my health by reducing the amount of plastic I use everyday. From sharing ideas on how to buy fewer plastic-packaged products in the grocery store to posting information on how plastic negatively effects our world, I want to help myself and others figure out how to live A Life Less Plastic. — A blog by Jeanne Haegele
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And I hear you on the ibuprofen. My suggestion would be to buy big bottles of ibuprofen so that you are using less plastic than if you bought several smaller bottles.
I did find some good multi-vitamins in a glass bottle. They are New Chapter Organics vitamins. They do, however, have a plastic cap.
I don't think you should make the mistake of buying a whole bunch of those double paper packets of ibuprofen that you can sometimes find just to avoid plastic. Less packaging overall is better, I think.
(Which, as I mentioned, is my feeling about that Laughing Cow cheese!)
:-)
Beth
I need lots of ibuprofen for my horrible cramps, so I guess the other option for me is to ask my doctor for a prescription for ibuprofen since you can actually get pills that contain 4 times more ibuprofen per pill if you have a prescription.
That would require me going to the doctor, though, and I don't plan on doing that any time soon.
As for the little paper packets, I won't be doing that. I was just thinking about how wasteful those are yesterday. They're not a good thing.
Anyway, I feel for you! Hang in there! Try to take the ibuprofen before the cramps get bad because by that time, it takes forever for the drug to kick in. And yeah, I do know from experience that thats often not possible.
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