Why is there a cotton ball in bottles of medicine?
Question:I've always wondered that.
Answers:
The cotton acts as a buffer to keep the pills tight against the bottom of the bottle to protect them in transit. When pills rattle around in the bottle, pieces break off, and dust forms. The cotton helps prevent the rattling.
to keep the medicine tasting like medicine and not like feet or other nasty stuff
to absorb moisture, to keep the pills from rattling around, & to prevent breakage.
To prevent the pills from rattling & getting broken in transit.
The cotton is there to pack the pills tightly, otherwise they jiggle around and crumble.
I'm no expert, but I believe it keeps the pills from moving around and maybe crumbling during shipping.
Prescriptions you have filled don't have cotton and vitamins and OTC medicine do so that is my reasoning.
so you can see if anyone tampered with them. And child proof
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