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The real kicker is escitalopram is used to treat obsessive compulsive disorders.
It's a tool to assess how well the medication is working. If the patient complains, bump up the dose.
It’s just Lexapro
Edit: whoever downvoted me, look at my damn prescription:

And lexapro is just a brand name for escitalopram
Right. It’s a normal antidepressant. I guess they can use it for OCD but I don’t think that’s its primary use case.
Maybe it's to force you to read it so you're paying attention
I mean, it just goes in a circle but thursday is centered because the text had to be visible, really feels like the last effort job tho
Is it possible the doses for the top 4 days are the same and then the other three are different and it’s easier for the machine to fill them that way so it’s just labeling?
7 is not divisible by 2, and the package designer wouldn't settle for anything non symmetrical, so they took the playing card layout.
You can use the same pattern but intuitive order though:
Monday Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday
Friday
Saturday Sunday
Maybe there week started on a Sunday instead of a Monday. It makes it a BIT more logical
The packaging printer was probably running their annual "print it out of order intentionally sale" where customers can receive up to 15% off new packaging-print packages, given the text is randomly switched around at the printers discretion.
If they are all the same then does it even matter what day of the week each pill is taken?
Yes.. for some it is difficult to remember whether medication for the day has already been taken.
All my medicines are in pill bottles, so the way I solved this is by flipping the bottle upside down after I take it, then flipping it back around when I get up in the morning. If I see it the right way up then I know I haven't taken it yet for the day.
But what if you take it and forget to flip the bottle?
I take only one pill a day, but still use a pill organizer for this reason
It's a way of helping people easily identify and verify whether or not they've taken the pill for the day. "Did I remember to take my medication this morning? Oh right, today is Tuesday. Must not have."
Non-English-speaking package designer.

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