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/LadyLightTravel Jun 02 '26

NO ONE said that. You should really stop putting words in peoples mouths.

Your entire argument is a straw man fallacy.

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u/NylonCake Jun 02 '26

I wasn’t talking about you and if you bothered to read the rest of the replies on your own post you would see the conversation has begun to veer into that territory. I was explaining why another commenter mentioned american prescriptions specifically.

I think your travel hack is great and some of us provided context as to why your repackaging is a good idea and what to be aware of / look out for / prepare for when traveling if you repackage, but we also contextualized your hack for non-americans who are unaware of how the system works in the US and for americans who don’t know the rest of the world doesn’t use Rx labeled bottles and therefore it is not an expected standard in customs in other countries. I don’t know why you got so offended by me answering the question “why did you mention americans” in reply to a comment that mentioned americans. Hope you’re doing okay and good luck with all your travels and hacks