Method of providing a therapeutic regimen and prefabricated container therefor

A method of providing a therapeutic regimen for a patient comprises:

• the step of placing at least one medicament of said therapeutic regimen into a prefabricated medicament container,
• the step of printing an outside surface of a sealing sheet with medicament information,
• the step of arranging said at least one said medicament in said prefabricated medicament container wherein said medicament to be first taken by said patient after said step of placing said at least one said medicament into said prefabricated medicament container is in a first position in a first column and a first position in a first row of said prefabricated medicament container,
• the step of aligning said medicament information printed on said sealing sheet with said medicament in said prefabricated medicament container,
• the step of closing said prefabricated medicament container by adhering said sealing sheet to 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,
• the step of providing means for removing a piece of said sealing sheet from said one of said plurality of blisters wherein said patient, after removing said piece of said sealing sheet and discarding said piece, removing said at least one said medicament from said blister and taking said at least one said medicament is subsequently reminded that said at least one said medicament has been taken by the absence of said piece from said prefabricated medicament container.

An integrated medicament package comprises:

• a prefabricated medicament container having a plurality of initially open top blisters, 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,
• a sealing sheet with medicament information at a location corresponding to said at least one said plurality of blisters such that said medicament information on said outside surface of said sealing sheet corresponds with said at least one said medicament in said at least one said plurality of said blisters, said medicament information comprising the name of said patient, the name of said medicament, the dosage of said medicament, the time of day, the day of week and the calendar date for said patient to take said medicament in said at least one said plurality of said blisters, said sealing sheet when removed from said location indicates to said patient that said at least one said medicament has been taken, wherein said at least one said medicament to be taken by said patient after said placing of said at least one said medicament into said prefabricated medicament container is in a first position in said columns and said rows, whereafter upon aligning said medicament information printed on said sealing sheet with said medicament in said at least one said plurality of blisters, said at least one said initially open blister is closed by adhering said sealing sheet to said longitudinal and said transverse shoulders of said prefabricated medicament container, said closure cover is closed over said prefabricated medicament container and at least one said clasp is clasped to a marginal edge of said prefabricated medicament container opposite said marginal edge having said at least one said living hinge.