My pharmacy has started giving me different tablets in identical generic boxes. There are labels that clearly specify what the medication is, but I have to wonder if this is a good idea. Most of us would always check the label before taking anything, as I do, but I can easily imagine an older person becoming confused or reaching for the wrong box in the dark. The labels also all look the same, with the same font type and colour (black) and someone with poor eyesight might have trouble reading them or wouldn't want to be bothered putting on glasses after going to bed. I can think of any number of scenarios, such as the medication being removed from one box and accidentally being put in a different one. I would think that safety would require that each medication come in unique packaging easy to distinguish from any other. What do the rest of you think? Should this be a requirement or am I just picking nits?