{"id":181844,"date":"2025-12-08T22:46:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T22:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/181844\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T22:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T22:46:08","slug":"medication-hack-to-avoid-opening-tablets-on-leaflet-side-every-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/181844\/","title":{"rendered":"Medication hack to avoid opening tablets on leaflet side every time"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve all experienced it. You tear open a new packet of tablets, only to find you’ve exposed the side with the information leaflet.<\/p>\n

It’s not a catastrophe, but it is annoying. But did you know there’s a way to “open medicine the right way every time”<\/a>?<\/p>\n

The trick is straightforward – look for a number. That’s all there is to it. Jordon Cox, also known as Britain’s Coupon King, shared this useful “medicine<\/a> hack.”<\/p>\n

And on Instagram<\/a> he posted: “How many times do you open the packet – only to find it’s the side where the paper is? Gets annoying, doesn’t it?”.<\/p>\n

“Well – there’s a way to avoid this every time. When you look at the packaging – the side with the expiry date and batch number is where the paper is (90% of the time). So now you know where it is…open the other side to get easy access to your meds – with this hack.”<\/a><\/p>\n

Reacting to his post, one Instagram user admitted: “This has infuriated me for years”, while another confessed: “I didn’t know I was annoyed about this until I saw the video! Now I know how not to be annoyed.”<\/p>\n

The comments were filled with gratitude for his advice, reports The Mirror,<\/a> with another follower adding: “It’s very annoying, great little tip.”<\/p>\n

One frequently opened medication packet is ibuprofen – and the NHS has issued a warning to UK residents with 8 conditions – including asthma – who use this drug.<\/p>\n

Ibuprofen is a commonly utilised medicine that relieves pain and diminishes inflammation (swelling).<\/p>\n

The NHS highlighted that the medication is also available under alternative brand names, including Brufen, Calprofen, Fenbid, Ibugel and Ibuleve.<\/p>\n

But ibuprofen is not suitable for everyone. The NHS cautioned that it may not be suitable if:<\/p>\n

you’ve had an allergic reaction to Ibuprofen, aspirin or another non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID)you have a stomach ulcer or you’ve had them beforeyou have asthma or allergies (such as hay fever)you have chickenpoxyou have a heart, liver or kidney conditionyou have problems with blood clottingyou’ve had a strokeyou’re pregnant or trying to get pregnant<\/p>\n

The NHS warns: “Check the packet or leaflet that comes with your medicine to see if it’s suitable for you. Speak to a pharmacist or doctor if you’re not sure if you can use it.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We’ve all experienced it. You tear open a new packet of tablets, only to find you’ve exposed the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181845,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[103,98768,61,60,98767,371,98766,782,98769,39553],"class_list":{"0":"post-181844","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-ibuprofen-warnings","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-jordon-cox","13":"tag-medication","14":"tag-medicine-packaging-hack","15":"tag-nhs","16":"tag-nhs-advice","17":"tag-pain-relief"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}