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There is provided a medicament dispenser for use with a medicament carrier (101) having a plurality of pockets for containing medicament wherein said pockets are spaced along the length of and defined between lid (113) and base sheets (111) peelably secured to each other, said dispenser having an internal mechanism for accessing said medicament contained within said medicament carrier. Peeling apart of the two sheets is achieved by drivable motion of a lid sheet drive wheel (218). There is also provided compensation means (222, 322, 522) to compensate for an increase in the diameter of the effective winding surface of the drive wheel (218) during use of the dispenser and thereby to ensure that said medicament carrier is uniformly indexed upon each actuation thereof. (FIG. 1)