{"id":1310,"date":"2025-01-31T09:18:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T09:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parkinsons-farnborough.org.uk\/?p=1310"},"modified":"2025-01-31T09:18:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T09:18:54","slug":"top-tip-for-opening-a-childproof-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/parkinsons-farnborough.org.uk\/?p=1310","title":{"rendered":"Top tip for opening a childproof top"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/parkinsons-farnborough.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Pill-container-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1309\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/parkinsons-farnborough.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Pill-container-rotated.jpg 480w, http:\/\/parkinsons-farnborough.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Pill-container-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 85vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>I have finally worked out a method of opening a childproof pill container which requires a squeeze and a turn to open. I had one the other day where the lid was just too stiff to squeeze enough. (see photo)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Solution : stand it upside down in hot water for a few minutes. This softens the plastic and then it is easy peasy! I used nearly boiling water but I am sure it would work if the water wasn&#8217;t quite this hot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I never fully close a childproof lid once I have managed to open it<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have finally worked out a method of opening a childproof pill container which requires a squeeze and a turn to open. I had one the other day where the lid was just too stiff to squeeze enough. (see photo) Solution : stand it upside down in hot water for a few minutes. This softens &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/parkinsons-farnborough.org.uk\/?p=1310\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Top tip for opening a childproof top&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/parkinsons-farnborough.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/parkinsons-farnborough.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/parkinsons-farnborough.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/parkinsons-farnborough.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/parkinsons-farnborough.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1310"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/parkinsons-farnborough.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1311,"href":"http:\/\/parkinsons-farnborough.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310\/revisions\/1311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/parkinsons-farnborough.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/parkinsons-farnborough.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/parkinsons-farnborough.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}