Nasal decongestion is frankly not something that’s medically necessary in the vast majority of cases. It’s a comfort item, one that’s abusable, for most of my patients. So they do without.
Congested from a cold? Use nasal saline, and give it time, it passes.
Congested from allergies? Use one of the allergy meds available on canteen, along with the nasal saline.
Decongestants have thus far not been shown to shorten infections, or decrease the rate of recurrences of genuine medical problems. So why dispense them when they’re not necessary, especially on the taxpayer’s dime?
How exactly to prisoner abuse it? Do they convert it to another drug? I can’t imagine a prisoner spending money on a drug unless it makes them high. Or is this wrong?
I bought a very inexpensive electronic digital scale for weighing items that only weigh up to a maximum of about 8 ounces. It’s very accurate. You could use it to judge when half the bottle is gone.
You can probably figure out the method for knowing when a bottle is half full. But if you can’t, here is the method I use to weigh the amount of “juice” in a bottle.
I weigh an empty bottle and then a full one and subtract the two numbers to get the weight of the juice in a full bottle. Then I can easily find the weight of any bottle that has been used somewhat.