In the 1980s, with Taiwan's economy taking off, the rise of pharmacies and health clinics, and the advent of Labor Insurance and later National Health Insurance, the unique age of the medicine pouch began to fade into the past.
1980 年代台灣經濟起飛後，隨著藥房、診所林立，及勞保、健保等的實施，民眾轉而向學有專精的藥事人員購買藥品，「寄藥包」這種風光一時的獨特醫療系統也慢慢走入歷史。