Patent ID: 7946447

Claim:
A method of selling dosage forms without a prescription, said method comprising: packaging a plurality of same dosage forms in a container having a bottom shaped and configured to stably support the container on a retail display shelf, a dispensing opening opposite the bottom, a first side wall extending between the bottom and the dispensing opening and shaped and configured to stably support the container on the retail shelf with the container in a sideway orientation, and at least one curved side wall extending between the bottom and the dispensing opening, the container being sized, shaped, and dimensioned for gripping in a user's hand for dispensing one or more dosage forms through the dispensing opening, and the at least one curved side wall being sized to fit into a human hand to facilitate holding and gripping of the container in the user's hand to dispense the one or more dosage forms from the container; displaying the plurality of the same dosage forms on the retail display shelf for sale to a consumer in the container without secondary packaging, the container being comprised of a material that permits the user to see the dosage forms through the container while on the retail display shelf; and displaying the container on the retail display shelf supported on the first side wall of the container.