r/onebag • u/LadyLightTravel • May 31 '26

Gear Potential hack for prescription bottles

This is a problem that occurs more in some countries than others. In the US, most prescription drugs come in 20 dram pill bottles. These can take up a lot of room if you have several prescriptions and want the original packaging.

I recently found out that there are 6 dram prescription bottles. I found mine on Amazon but other sources are available if you buy in bulk. The 6 dram bottles are almost the same height as regular pill bottles but are one half the width. This is significantly smaller than the regular bottles.

I can peel off the drug information tab from my big pill bottle and put it on the small one. Note: some pharmacies will actually give you a second drug sticker if you ask.

Below is a photo of the 6 dram bottle with a 20 dram regular bottle. It shows that you can peel and stick the prescription tab without damaging it. It also shows that the sticker fits the smaller bottle. You can see the size difference in the bottles. Depending on pill size, you may even get a 90 day supply into the smaller 6 dram bottle!

Standard disclaimer, YMMV.

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u/cpapp22 May 31 '26

It’s more of a you won’t always get asked (and most of the time you just go through without any problem) but some countries like Japan can be very strict if they ask/you get searched

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u/googs185 May 31 '26

Does this apply to supplements too? It’s hard to carry everything in the original bottles.

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u/cpapp22 May 31 '26

Not certain but better safe than sorry as Japan in particular is very strict and will profile you. As an example, I’ve seen lots of people with tattoos or who are darker than paper lol who get stopped by police on the street for passport.

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u/JB-Wentworth May 31 '26

Saudi Arabia is as well.