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A blister package and method of removing a dosage form from a blister package are disclosed. In one embodiment, the blister package includes a unitary blister sheet and a unitary sheet of lidding material. The lidding sheet is peelably sealed to the blister sheet, and includes unsealed areas for fac

A blister package and method of removing a dosage form from a blister package are disclosed. In one embodiment, the blister package includes a unitary blister sheet and a unitary sheet of lidding material. The lidding sheet is peelably sealed to the blister sheet, and includes unsealed areas for facilitating the peeling of the lidding material from the blister sheet. The unsealed areas are preferably only accessible upon a bending of the blister package.

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1. A blister package comprising: a unitary blister sheet defining a plurality of unit package regions, each unit package region including a recess having an open top and a flange surrounding the recess; and a unitary sheet of lidding material peelably sealed to the flange, wherein (i) said blister s

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A blister package comprising: a unitary blister sheet defining a plurality of unit package regions, each unit package region including a recess having an open top and a flange surrounding the recess; and a unitary sheet of lidding material peelably sealed to the flange, wherein (i) said blister sheet and said sheet of lidding material further define unsealed areas for facilitating peeling of said lidding material from said blister sheet, (ii) each said unsealed area being disposed apart from a border of a respective unit package region, (iii) each said unsealed area covered by the lidding material wherein the lidding material over each unsealed area consists of a straight line of weakness that does not extend to the edges of the unit package region, and wherein bending the straight line of weakness breaks the lidding material and leaves the blister sheet intact, and (iv) each said unsealed area is directly accessible by a user upon the bending of at least a portion of said blister sheet and said sheet of lidding material along an axis that extends along the straight line of weakness in the lidding material. 2. The blister package according to claim 1, wherein said blister sheet includes four unit package regions. 3. The blister package according to claim 2, wherein each unit package region is removable from said blister package. 4. The blister package according to claim 3, further including additional lines of weakness, wherein each unit package region is defined by the additional lines of weakness. 5. The blister package according to claim 1, wherein said straight line of weakness comprise perforations for accessing the unsealed areas. 6. The blister package according to claim 1, wherein the recess includes walls and a closed bottom. 7. The blister package according to claim 6, wherein a dosage form may be disposed in the recess so that the walls hold the dosage form away from the closed bottom and adjacent said lidding material so that there is an empty space between each dosage form and the closed bottom of the recess. 8. A packaged dosage form including a package as claimed in claim 1 and a pharmaceutical dosage form disposed in the recess. 9. The packaged dosage form claimed in claim 8, wherein the pharmaceutical dosage form is fentanyl. 10. A method of removing a dosage form from a blister package, the method comprising: providing said blister package having a blister sheet and a sheet of lidding material, wherein the blister sheet and the sheet of lidding material define a plurality of unit package regions, each unit package region including at least one recess and at least one unsealed area disposed apart from a border of the unit package region, the unsealed area being covered by the lidding material wherein the lidding material over each unsealed area consists of a straight line of weakness, wherein bending the straight line of weakness breaks the lidding material and leaves the blister sheet intact, and wherein the straight line of weakness does not extend to any of the edges of the unit package region;bending at least a portion of said blister package to allow direct access to the unsealed area;grasping at least a portion of the lidding material corresponding to the unsealed area;peeling away the portion of the lidding material to reveal at least one dosage form disposed in the recess; andremoving the at least one dosage form. 11. The method according to claim 10, further comprising the step of separating at least one unit package region from other unit package regions. 12. The method according to claim 10, wherein said bending step includes splitting a portion of the lidding material along the straight line of weakness. 13. A blister package comprising: a blister sheet defining at least one unit package region, said unit package region including at least one recess having an open top and a flange surrounding the recess; anda sheet of lidding material including a straight line of perforations in each of said unit package region, said sheet of lidding material peelably sealed to the blister sheet and defining at least one unsealed area between said blister sheet and said sheet of lidding material, wherein the lidding material over each unsealed area consists of the straight line of perforations,wherein (i) the unsealed area is disposed apart from a border of the at least one unit package region, (ii) the straight line of perforations are located along only a single edge of the at least one unsealed area, and do not extend to any of the edges of the unit package region, and (iii) bending of said blister package along the straight line of perforations in the lidding material allows for splitting of the straight line of perforations in the lidding material while leaving the blister sheet intact and direct access of the at least one unsealed area. 14. The blister package according to claim 13, wherein said blister sheet includes a plurality of unit package regions, each unit package region including at least one recess and at least one flange surrounding the at least one recess. 15. The blister package according to claim 13, wherein the at least one recess includes walls and a closed bottom. 16. The blister package according to claim 15, wherein a dosage form may be disposed in the recess so that the walls hold the dosage form away from the closed bottom and adjacent said lidding material so that there is an empty space between each dosage form and the closed bottom of the recess. 17. The blister package according to claim 7, wherein the walls are sloped and wherein the dosage form further comprises a beveled edge. 18. The blister package according to claim 16, wherein the walls are sloped and wherein the dosage form further comprises a beveled edge.