Treximet Sample Case Design
The good news is that when I was at the doctor’s last week, I managed to get a hold of a box of Treximet samples. The bad news is that I managed to get a hold of a box of Treximet samples. Although it sounded at first like I’d struck gold getting the sample box, things turned south mighty fast when I opened the box and saw the packaging the Treximet is in.
Yet Another Reason to Hate GSK
Treximet is made by GlaxoSmithKlien (nee: SmithKline Beecham). I have family who used to work at GSK and that’s one reason why I hate Big Phrama so much — because I got to see firsthand how they waste money in order to justify jacking up prices.
Case in point — the Treximet sample cases. I don’t know for sure if the Marquis deSade has any decnedants, but if he does, this has got to be the person who designed this prurple plastic torture device.
What’s So Bad About It?
I’m glad you asked. Just imagine yourself with a migraine — you’re shaking, you can barely see because the slightest bit of light feels like staring into the heart of the sun and you are this < --> close to throwing up.
But AHH, you have the Treximet. Hope, for one shining moment, gleams with the promise of a rainbow after a storm.
And then you try to open the case.
First off, you have to squeeze the sides. Not just any sides — two specific places on the sides. If you’re off by a millimeter, you’re screwed. Then, after you’re squeezing, the case is suppossed to pop open. Except it only pops open a centimeter. You then have to pry a hyperdermic needle (or something similar) under the ridge and push up.
Needless to say, I have had a migraine since getting the Treximet and I could not actually get to the Treximet because I could not open the freaking case.
I hate you, GSK.
May 17th, 2009 at 9:09 pm
Just a piece of advice - Treximet is just Imitrex with Aleve (naproxen sodium) in it. Do yourself a favor and get the imitrex by itself (MUCH easier to open - just pop the pill out the back) and try over-the-counter naproxen sodium in the same amount. Imitrex is the only thing that works on my headaches, and I’ve been getting them for 17 years now.