EVER WONDERED WHY THERE
ARE EMPTY SPACES ON MEDICINAL TABLETS PACKAGING ?
Have you ever wondered
what’s the purpose of those empty spaces in a medicine Strips? Well, you might
or might not have given a thought about it yet. But this question was asked on
Quora and there were some general explanations shared by different people.
Below are some possible relevant reasons why there
are empty spaces in medicinal tablets!
1. TO PRODUCE SPACE FOR
ADEQUATE INFORMATION
One reason is to give
space for additional info about the medicine. Every tablet packaging needs to
specify expiry dates, manufacturing address, contact address, type and formula
of formulation, precautions, method of intake, side effects etc. Since these
tablets are small in size, but the minimum information required to be given on
them is quite a lot, so the overall size of packaging is generally large so as
to accommodate all relevant information.
2. PREVENT CHEMICAL
REACTION
Some people believe
that empty spaces are created so that they don’t chemically react with other
tablets or get oxidized.
3. PACKAGING
STANDARDIZATION
Every strip(s) of
medicine are packaged into small cardbox box and then packed into bigger boxes
and then distributed. By providing extra space , a company can standardize a
box size and still keep same qty of tablets in the box. It helps them save a
lot of costs as they need to buy the same basic size box, only different print
on it. Also, the pattern makes for efficient packaging as shown below:
A single strip may look
like this
And packed together may
look like this
4. TO PROVIDE STRENGTH
These medicines have
high production. The packaging gets damaged while loading, moving and
unloading. The empty spaces give cushioning effect and prevent any damage to
tablet.
5. JUST HUMAN
PSYCHOLOGY
According to a self
proclaimed physician, it has got no clinical relevance whatsoever. All this is
done just so as to satisfy the human psychology. We generally believe that more
cost means larger size, when in reality it isn’t so.
Source: IFAI
