Oh good, we haven’t been taking that by the kilo since 1955.

I always wondered if in the US people take pills by the handful as they are commonly portrayed in movies and TV. I am pretty sure I have seen represented a person with an heachache fill their palm with 10 pills of clearly marked Tylenol bottles, and somehow always gulp them down with no water.

To this day I wonder if it’s artistic choice or that’s how people take pills over there. Would explain a few things.

	▲	mysterydip a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I can only speak for myself and those I've observed, but I've never seen anyone outside movies do that. It's always one or two pills depending on recommended dose, with water to slide it down.
	▲	positr0n 12 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Unlike most people I know, I am able to swallow a pill without water. Like everyone I know, I just take one or two pills at a time when I have a headache or whatever according to package directions.
	▲	PetitPrince a day ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I barely remember this trivia (a bit from Tom Scott podcast?) but the reason you don't see pills sold by the bottle in Europe is that pharmacy are required by law to sell them under blister. The reason is that this little it of friction apparently significantly reduce the suicide rate. And thus for me euro eyes having someone taking pills by the handful seems very wrong.