A container for containing and dispensing tablets (4) in which the dispensing opening (5) and/or a dispensing passage (8) upstream of the dispensing opening is constricted or obstructed such that a tablet is releasably retained with part of the tablet projecting outside the dispensing opening, part of the rim of the dispensing opening or an adjacent part of the container being moveable relative to the rest of the container so as to facilitate the release of the retained tablet from the container.
