a lot of people always store their medications in the bathroom where we always find out that people take showers and there is a lot of moisture. when i store the drugs and the pharmacy or the prescription products they are kept in a controlled temperature. it's a dry area it's cool. the lights go off at night it's dark. that doesn't happen in the bathroom necessarily. so i recommend the patients that you should actually keep it in a closet or in an area of possibly the kitchen where it's not humid not near the stove of course where it's cool dry and there is not a lot of light because some medications are actually like sensitive and they will actually lose their potency if they are exposed to a lot of light and moisture. you want to make sure that you go through your medicine cabinet at least once a year and check the expiration dates. if the expiration dates are bad on otc medications you want to dispose them properly by using the right way to dispose them no more flushing down the toilet. even prescription medications if you have stuff you use before this pain pill i have a few leftover you should always get rid of them as well. there are some easy steps you can follow. all it involves is a ziploc bag. you want to take the medications and put it in that ziploc bag. you want to take some water to help it dissolve a little bit. you could crush a little bit take a hammer break it up and then you want to take something like coffee grinds or kitty litter put it in that bag seal it up and put it in the trash. it's a great way to make sure that your medicine cabinet is up-to-date. it also helps curve prescription drug abuse as we're finding out more-and-more teens are going to their medicine cabinet finding pills sharing them with their friends. so there is a lot of different great ways we can help all these different types of issues by just cleaning out our medicine cabinet and keeping an eye on what we have.
where should i store my medications so they don't lose potency before their time?