DEAR DR. ROACH: I take telmisartan for high blood pressure. Included in each bottle is one of those tiny moisture-absorbent packs. Once the package is opened and I begin taking the pills, is it necessary to keep the dehydrator “pill”…
the pills, is it necessary to keep the dehydrator “pill” in the bottle, or can I discard it? I have, more than once, almost popped the dehydrator in my mouth, as it is so close to the telmisartan’s shape, size and color. Is telmisartan particularly prone to absorbing ambient water? None of my other medications contain dehydrators. — H.W.
You may safely remove it as long as you keep the bottle tightly closed when not removing a pill. But if you live in a place with very high humidity and you get a 90-day or longer supply, you might consider leaving in the desiccant and taking out a weeks’ worth at a time and putting those pills into a pillbox or dispenser. This minimizes humidity getting into the medicine bottle and also removes the risk of swallowing the desiccant by mistake.
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