Envelope apparatus for dispensing medications from drug files

A dispensing-envelope apparatus having a front side and a rear side and having top and bottom edges relative to gravity, said apparatus comprising,

• a.) an opaque backing sheet which is adapted to receive printed means from a computer-output printer on said front side of said apparatus,
• b.) a transparent upward-opening pocket on said front side of said apparatus attached to said backing sheet in an area near said bottom edge;
• c.) printed means on said front side of said apparatus in an area near said top edge and above said pocket;
• d.) said pocket having, relative to gravity, top, bottom, left, and right sides;
• e.) said pocket having a height 30 to 60% of height of said apparatus;
• f.) said pocket being permanently attached on said left, right, and bottom sides to said apparatus and providing said upward-opening pocket, relative to gravity, to store small items;
• g.) said pocket being semi-permanently attached on said top side of said pocket, said semi-permanent attachment providing a complete closure of said pocket, totally enclosing and sealing a space in said pocket for said small items, said semi-permanent attachment providing means for opening said top side of said pocket to allow entry or removal of said small items into or out of said pocket;
• h.) said apparatus having a thickness for facile feeding through a computer-output printer and for receiving said printed means on the said front side of said apparatus in an area located above said pocket;
• i.) said printed means being oriented for human readability when said top side of said upward-opening pocket is oriented upward relative to gravity.