Abstract: A dispensing device for retaining a bar coded prescription label including a prescription label bar code and a bar coded container including a container bar code together wherein the container may contain a pharmaceutical associated with the bar codes of the prescription label and container. The device may comprise a substrate body having disposed thereabout a substantially flat and rigid first portion and a second portion. The first and second portions may have affixed thereto the prescription label and the container, respectively.

Abstract: There is provided a method of saving medication costs by redistributing unused medications. The method first features the step of receiving a request to fill a prescription for the medication of a patient serviced by a patient care facility. Thereafter, unit doses of the medication are assembled based upon the prescription. Each of the unit doses are individually identified with a lot number and an expiration date. The method further features the step of distributing the assembled unit doses to the patient care facility. Then, an unused portion of the unit doses is received from the patient care facility. An amount of such unused portion is identified and credited to the patient care facility. The identified unused portion of the unit doses are stored and later redistributed so as to mitigate the cost of the medication.