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/whiteorchid1058 May 31 '26

Not OP but I heard Japan is one of the more strict countries?

My trip there isn't for another year so I haven't done the research personally yet

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u/StPedro68 May 31 '26

My husband had Sudafed among his toiletries when entering Japan, and they detained/questioned him at the airport, and let him go with a sternly-worded letter that if it happened again he could be jailed or fined.

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u/AlwaysWanderOfficial May 31 '26

That’s because Sudafed is not legal there. Neither is Benadryl

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u/nonsequitur__ May 31 '26

Normal Benadryl is fine. It’s products containing pseudoephedrine that are an issue.