Patent ID: 7556150

Claim:
A dispenser for an oral dosage form of a pharmaceutical, comprising: a first dispenser pack corresponding to a treatment regimen, including a plurality of storage units, including a group of storage units for each day of the treatment regimen, wherein each storage unit includes the same dosage of a pharmaceutical, and wherein each group of storage units is labeled with an indicator so as to identify when the pharmaceutical should be administered, wherein said indicators are such that the number of storage units identified for a first treatment day is greater than the number of storage units identified for a second treatment day, the number of storage units identified for each of a third and fourth treatment day is the same as the number of storage units identified for said second treatment day, the number of storage units identified for said fourth treatment day is greater than the number of storage units identified for a fifth treatment day, and the number of storage units identified for each day of a sixth through fourteenth treatment day is equal to the number of storage units identified for said fifth treatment day; at least one second dispenser pack corresponding to a maintenance treatment regimen, including a plurality of storage units, including a single storage unit for each day of said maintenance treatment regimen, wherein for each day of a first through fourteenth treatment day, a placebo or health supplement is included in said storage unit, and wherein, for each day of a fifteenth through twenty-fourth treatment day, a dosage of a pharmaceutical is included in the storage unit, said dosage of said pharmaceutical being the same on each of said fifteenth through twenty-fourth treatment days.