Always bewilders me as I end up putting all the omeprazole together in one bottle, anyway. I asked my Doctor this the other day and he was stumped. Just seems like a waste of plastic and shelf place.
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I have been told that the reason is because the FDA required the pills to be packaged in 14 day dose bottles for approval to move from Rx to OTC.
If someone needed the pills more then 14 days, that said person should really be seeing a doctor.
If it was not for the 14 day doses per bottle, the FDA would not have agreed to the switch.
Source: FDA Approves Prilosec OTC to Treat Frequent Heartburn
https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=23698#
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