pill popper

noun4

1. •
   (informal, humorous) A person who enjoys or frequently takes medication in pill form.

   • Well, you know, once Pop got into his sixties, he came to be a bit of a pill popper, what with the blood pressure and the blood sugar and the cholesterol and the arthritis.
2. •
   (informal, disapproving) A person who frequently takes any other kind of pill, such as vitamins or illicit drugs.

   • It's great when people are enthusiastic about health and wellness, but you just have to watch out for how hard the vitamin people sell you on the pricey supplements — they'll try to turn you into a pill popper.
3. •
   (informal, offensive) Especially, someone with a frank substance use disorder who consumes a large amount of illicit pills, especially opioid street drug pills: synonym of pillhead.

   • I wouldn't hang around in that part of town after dark, what with all the methheads and pill poppers. I'm not looking to get robbed.
4. •
   A syringelike device for administering medicinal pills to animals.