Struggling to open bottles, specifically childproof tops on prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) medicine bottles, can be maddening. When getting to the medicine that’s supposed to relieve your pain causes additional pain, it’s tool time.
Look for an opener that requires minimal grip pressure and is easy to figure out, says Cathy Dow Royer, director and associate professor for the division of occupational therapy at American International College, in Springfield, Mass.
“You’ll also want a rubber nonslip coating on the grip points, so that your hand doesn’t slide,” she says.
Here are tools that work well when you want to open bottles:
Dycem Bottle Opener. This dome-shape opener fits in the palm of your hand and provides a stable grip to open childproof twist tops. Use it also to open doors and cupboards, and to turn on taps and oven dials. $7.
Multi-Grip Twist Cap Opener. The opener gives you increased leverage to remove stubborn twist caps from any size bottle. $6.
PurrFect and DogGone Openers with Pill Extractor. Different parts of this cat- or dog-shape tool can be used to flip off caps and remove cotton from the narrow openings of OTC medicine bottles, twist open prescription bottles, push pills through foil containers, split pills and open cans that have tabs. $10.
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capris with elastic are great. Shirts that button down the front are easier than pull overs. Use the elbow on the tooth paste to get it out of the tube. And on really bed days just use baking soda. Those canisters with a circle on top work great. You push the circle with the elbow and it releases the top. I keep cereal in them. Along with the sugar, salt, flour, etc. The coffe pot called Cuisinart because it has a thing to press to serve the coffe. Just put the cup in and press. No coffee pot to lift. I can't write but I can type with my 2 fingers so I made mailing labels for my x-mas cards. But there is soooo much I can't do. I have had 3 surgeries on my right hand. I need three more surgeries. I am on Remicade now for 8 years. I have had excellent doctors and great care. Just need a new body.
All pharmacies are obligated to replace drug bottle caps with easy open ones if you ask. They will put it in your file, but may not read it and put one on, so you have to double check before you leave the store. Try another drug store if they refuse. Costco have the cheapest drugs and dispensing rates that I have found so try them.
Other bottle help:
For regular drug bottles, like most Advil, provided that they don't have child proof caps, the Black & Decker electric bottle opener will open them quickly. They cost about $40 but I just bought a spare one on sale for $15. They will open almost every single bottle provided it is below a certain height. The only bottles I can't open with it are the large Kraft salad dressing bottles. They will open anything from tiny to wide bottles, short to tall.
For the large ones, like these and 2 L Coke sized bottles, I use a pair of nutcrackers. Some work great, others don't - so don't give up on the first pair you try if it does not work.
I have a Facebook group called Aids for Daily Living if you are interested in searching for other tips.
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