why do they put cotton in pill bottles?

Question

is there some reason they put cotton in some pill bottles an not others?

Answer 1

to remind some people they picked cotton before selling drugs?

Answer 2

i'm a phamacy student and i've been told about this before..one of the purposes of having the cotton is for dose equilibration, sometimes the drug ( especially the more sensitive ones ) can lose some of its active component, so by having the cotton we can prevent the active drug from being lost through evaporation during transport/storage. This ensures that we get the correct amount of the drug, it some of the active drug is lost then we may end up taking less than the desired amount of drug and this can sometimes lead to adverse effects. This is more commmon for tablets, rarely it is seen for capsules. Other reasons could be for protection, to preventing the tablets from breaking.

Answer 3

I think its to absorb any moisture that comes inside the bottle, or the air in the bottle, like if it sweats inside, so that the pills stay dry.

Answer 4

frequently such tablets are in pill style. The cotton balls prevents the medicine from hitting one yet another and breaking open by probability for the period of transport. It additionally serves as insulator.while the field gets heated (by probability) the cotton balls cushions the medicine to keep away from them from sticking to the partitions of the field(bottle).

Answer 5

I always assumed that it was to prevent the bottle from rattling...protecting the pills from damge during major transport. ????? I don't really know...maybe to keep the noise down.

Maybe some companies don't because they are too cheap.

Answer 6

To prevent humidity coming into the bottle!

Answer 7

Too absorb any moisture.