Trans @lemmy.blahaj.zone Ark-5 @lemmy.blahaj.zone 7mo ago

Where to buy this pill case??

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.

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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
  
  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.
go back in time and try to obtain some very specific birth control pills...?
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!
- 👀 I would absolutely be interested should such a product be made!
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.
- Sure, just buy and set up a 3D printer first... Or buy the pill case for probably $10 or less.
Not quite the same but Heres something
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.

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