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A package providing for controlled and contamination-free dispensing of medication in the form of pills or capsules. The package includes a reusable carrier having multiple, individual pill cavities that lock and seal each pill pocket that is provided by a disposable insert. The carrier has a unique

A package providing for controlled and contamination-free dispensing of medication in the form of pills or capsules. The package includes a reusable carrier having multiple, individual pill cavities that lock and seal each pill pocket that is provided by a disposable insert. The carrier has a unique arrangement for automatically sealing the insert around each pill pocket.

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A dispenser for storing and dispensing medication in the form of pills such as tablets or capsules, said dispenser comprising a carrier having a top portion and a bottom portion adapted to be engageable with the top portion when the carrier is closed, the top portion having a plurality of openings,

A dispenser for storing and dispensing medication in the form of pills such as tablets or capsules, said dispenser comprising a carrier having a top portion and a bottom portion adapted to be engageable with the top portion when the carrier is closed, the top portion having a plurality of openings, an inwardly extending rim around each such opening, the bottom portion having a plurality of openings corresponding in size, number and position to the openings in the top portion, an inwardly extending rim around each of the openings in the bottom portion, the rims around the openings in the top portion being positioned so as to be in alignment with the corresponding rims around the openings in the bottom portion when the top portion is closed onto the bottom portion, a disposable blister having a top portion and a bottom portion, a plurality of pockets for receiving pills in the bottom portion of the blister, each of the pockets corresponding in approximate size, number and position to the openings in the bottom portion of the carrier so that the bottom portion of the blister can be inserted into the carrier with the pockets seated in the openings in the bottom portion of the carrier, each of the pockets being surrounded by an indentation, and a plurality of downwardly extending rims formed in the top portion of the blister which rims correspond in position and shape to the indentations around the pockets in the bottom portion of the blister, portions of the blister around and outside each rim having cuts extending through the blister, the rims in the top and bottom portions of the carrier being engageable with the rims and indentations in the blister when the blister is inserted in the carrier so as to force the rims in the top portion of the blister into the indentations when the carrier is closed to thereby form a seal over and around each of the pockets, the cuts in the top portion of the blister around each of the rims providing for removal of the pill from the pocket.