Meds and pills

My friend is a retired pharmacist.  I think he told me once that some term I used had been dropped.  I do see that "tablets", "capsules" and "chewies" are names that are used on the packaging of meds that we take.  I imagine that George Washington (1732-1799) and Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) did not take daily vitamins and meds.  

Our medicines were shipped to us by a firm that closed down so we were switched to another.  Just getting the names of her meds and my meds to the new supplier was a good-sized task.  

The little plastic pill containers with a pocket for each day of the week are very helpful.  I see that many of the things I have trouble remembering are repetitious.  When I try to remember if I took my morning pills today, just using memory can result in images from today and from other, recent days and I get mixed up as to what I am remembering. Just looking at a pill container straightens me out, so long as I know what day of the week today is (it's Wednesday, right?)