Many people who take multiple medications each day have pill dispensers that they load in advance to take on a preset schedule. While that might work well for senior citizens who are homebound, it can be problematic for others.
People who are on the go might not want to carry cumbersome bottles of prescription medication around with them. Can they slip a couple of pills into their pockets for later in the day, or could they face arrest?
Scheduled drugs belong in marked bottles
If you want to avoid any problems with law enforcement, it is recommended that you keep your prescribed medication in its original containers. While you might not get into trouble for having a pocket of clindamycin to take four times a day, the same would not be said for a bottle of hydrocodone.
In fact, you could wind up arrested by police for possession of your very own medication.
Police arrest first, ask questions later
To be sure, the matter of illegal possession of drugs would likely be straightened out in the courtroom when you present your original bottle as proof of ownership. Still, that means that you still got arrested, had to bond out, had your name published in your local paper and had to spend money on a defense to your charges.
Even worse, for those working in certain industries, it could be a career-ender.
Alternative for clumsy bottles
When you picked up your medication, in addition to the bottles of medicine, you likely also received a computer print-out of the drug and its dispensing instructions. If you need to take medicine intermittently throughout the day, keeping those printed instructions on your person is prudent to avoid an arrest.