Patent ID: 7055294

Claim:
A method of providing a therapeutic regimen for a patient comprises: the step of selecting a prefabricated medicament container corresponding to the frequency of said therapeutic regimen, said prefabricated medicament container comprising a plurality of initially open blisters, said prefabricated medicament container further having a closure cover affixed to one marginal edge thereof by at least one living hinge, said closure cover having at least one clasp on an open end of said closure cover opposite said at least one said living hinge, said plurality of said blisters arranged in rows and columns separated by longitudinal and transverse shoulders, at least one of said longitudinal and said transverse shoulders having perforations therethrough wherein said prefabricated medicine container is adapted to be separated along said perforations into a plurality of units, at least one of said longitudinal and said transverse shoulders having cutouts formed in at least one marginal edge thereof adjacent each said plurality of said blisters, said cutouts adapted to facilitate removal of a sealing sheet providing access to said medicament in said each of said plurality of said blisters, the step of dispensing at least one medicament of said therapeutic regimen into each of said plurality of blisters, the step of printing an outside surface of said sealing sheet with medicament information at a location corresponding to said plurality of blisters such that said medicament information on said outside surface of said sealing sheet corresponds with said medicament in said plurality of blisters, said sealing sheet, when removed from said location indicates to said patient that said medicament has been taken, the step of arranging said medicament in said prefabricated medicament container wherein the medicament to be taken by said patient after said step of dispensing said medicament into said prefabricated medicament container is in a first position in said columns and said rows, the step of aligning said medicament information printed on said sealing sheet with said medicament in said plurality of blisters, the step of closing said plurality of blisters by adhering said sealing sheet to said longitudinal and said transverse shoulders of said prefabricated medicament container, the step of closing said closure cover over said prefabricated medicament container and the step of clasping said at least one said clasp to a marginal edge of said prefabricated medicament container opposite said marginal edge having said at least one said living hinge.