such that the pills 9 enter the pill drop slots 31 created by the guides 13 in the most expeditious manner the guides 13 are shown accommodating a specific size pill 9 the guides 13 could be narrower so as to create wider pill drop slots 31 and thus to accommodate larger pills 9 similarly the guides 13 could potentially be wider and create narrower pill drop slots 31 which would aid in pill 9 singulation in the event smaller pills are required to be singulated as discussed above the release ring 33 is located circumferentially outside of the pill guide slots 31 and in general the pills 9 will be resting on the release ring 33 after they are singulated into the pill drop slots 31 the release ring 33 has a plurality of apertures or pill drop slots 37 the drop slots 37 permitting passage of a pill 9 through the drop slots 37 in the release ring 33 after the separator wall 29 has opened and permitted entry of a pill 9 the pill drop slots 37 in the release ring 33 provide entry for the pills 9 to the indexing disk 65 the pills 9 then pass through the distribution mechanism which can be understood as consisting of three disks initially there is the stop ring 45 then the dispensing ring 53 and lastly the indexing disk 65 the stop ring 45 is used to block any or all of the plurality of pills 9 in the pill drop slots 31 from dropping into.