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For some reason I can only find stock images of this pill case. I have it on good authority it makes a satisfying clicking noise and my gay, neurodivergent ass wants one.
Ideally not an Amazon link, I deleted my account a bit ago and I do not plan to make a new one.
UPDATE: It would seems this is a prepackaged way E is sometimes distributed. Thanks to folks that pointed this out.
Looks similar to the original packaging of Estrofem (brand name) in turkey. They're not refillable.
Damn, makes sense now looking at it. Unless the clear top had an easy way of coming off, it would totally be a pain to refill.
The top ratchets and has a thing to prevent it from turning if a pill is in the taking out hole, so it's more like impossible
Presumably you can spin it more the 360 degrees so the opening could be repositioned over already empty slots, but that doesn’t really count as “refillable” given how slow of a process that would be.
No, as I said there's a tiny plastic that prevents it from turning while the current slot is occupied. Unless you break that off or fill it with half pills you just can't spin it while filling
Ah, I was thinking once it was empty, but then the moment you put one in it locks back up. I see I see.
Yeah to take off the clear top you need to break the mechanism that keeps everything in place sadly
Seconding this, this is how my E pills (Estrofam) look in Germany. It does make a satisfying clicking noise!
Yeah the person who recommended it to me for the clicking is (I’m fairly sure) from Germany.
I have to wonder if 3D printing might be a viable option if no one's selling this at an affordable price🤔
Are the pills a uniform size? I'm cis and have no idea how hormone pills work.
But if there's a regular size and shape that most or everyone uses, give me them dimensions and I'll model something up and share.
Yes? I believe so, but I also take two different shaped pills, both twice a day. I’d be happy with a disk for each or a disk that only does 1 week and has an opening that provides pills in pairs. Or something similar.
Give me a bit to go dig out my calipers and I’ll get you some dimensions!
Check and make sure whatever materials you use are safe to contact the tablets.
Food safety is kinda complicated, and I don't know all the details, but be safe!
👀 I would absolutely be interested should such a product be made!
go back in time and try to obtain some very specific birth control pills...?
It seems like something you could 3d print
Be careful 3d printing things that touch stuff you're gonna ingest.
I'm not sure how much we should be worried about it, but PLA is not food safe.
Hi! I have a background in micro/molecular biology, public health, and safety. For a time, I worked for a company developing 3D printer technology and not only helped create their safety program, I did a fair amount of industrial hygiene work to determine what people were getting exposed to and how to handle those hazards.
Things printed in PLA are not food safe because things printed with it are full of ridges, inclusions, and other surface irregularities that are difficult to remove and can harbor microbes that resist cleaning. Pure PLA is food safe. In fact, it's often the type of plastic used to coat the inside of paper hot beverage cups.
Although various additives are present in 3D printer filament, it's safe to use unless OP begins eating the printed item along with their pills.
Thanks for the insight!
I believe you can use a resin 3D printer to make food safe items, as it doesn’t have the same issue with surface fissures. Is that correct? I’ve been considering one to be able to print food safe items, including for storing medications.
Resin/SLA/DLP has the same issue with surface imperfections due to layer lines, it's just harder to see because they're often a lot smaller.
Resin is also typically an irritant and a sensitizer, meaning its effects can get worse with repeated exposure. That primarily applies to uncured resin, but it's not unusual to have partially cured resin or even totally uncured resin in inclusions in your print.
Please don't use resin printers for food safe items. Resin in general is harmful when ingested. Small particles can come off the printed item and will find their way into your body.
Thanks heaps to you and @SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone for the super quick responses about how bad of an idea this would be! It’s nice to see this sort of looking out for a user’s wellbeing here on lemmy, that was always one of the things I felt made reddit great back in the day.
Sure, just buy and set up a 3D printer first... Or buy the pill case for probably $10 or less.
Looks a lot like the packaging for the birth control i took in my teens. It wasn't refillable. Little preloaded foil things that fit into a dial thing in a clamshell.