Therefore, a safer way of storing your meds and keeping them out of the children’s reach is adding a lock. It is a precautionary measure to consider. Meds like anti-anxiety and anti-depression plus pain killers have serious effects when ingested by someone for whom they, meds, were not prescribed in the first place.
Use colors as a sort of code
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Instead of going online this time and looking for the best way to clean ceramic tile floors, look for great Walmart offers to get colored stickers. They are pretty useful in the organization of many small items and things around your household.
People who have their own shops use them too. They can be of great use when storing your meds as well. To quickly find your meds in the box, you can label them or use colors as a sort of code.
By wrapping colored rubber bands around your med’s lids, you can tell which medication is which. It is recommended that you use colors which are somehow pertaining to your medical condition.
To illustrate, use green for allergy meds, red for high blood pressure pills and maybe orange for anti-inflammatory tablets. Make colors your own coding system of meds.
Make an inventory list
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Normally, when you are diagnosed with a given, mild medical condition, your doctor prescribes a number of meds plus guideless to abide by so as treat the issue you are suffering from.
At some point in your life and after having the medical condition treated, you might consider getting rid of all the crowded meds in the box, right? You can prepare an inventory list to include: all the prescribed meds, the prescribing doctors and the meds’ use.
Based on this list and your last checkup, you will be able to tell which meds are of no use anymore and those which you will still need.
Take the expiration date also into consideration. Moreover, after sending your little angels to the summer camps for kids, you can embark on a journey on your own.
Remember that taking your meds with you is essential. In order to organize your pills on the go, no need to buy boxes but rather a pill organizer with different compartments to use.
Get rid of your meds safely
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After preparing the inventory list and knowing what meds to dispose of, you need to consider getting rid of them safely. Walgreen has got several locations, welcoming anyone who wants to dispose of his or her unneeded or expired meds.
Through the DEA, you can run in-depth research about controlled substance disposal locations. This is how you ensure the safety of both the environment and other humans. If you cannot find any nearby meds’ disposal locations, you can carry out the whole mission on your own at home.
Take a sealable bag and put the meds in. To the bag add kitty litter, coffee grounds or even dirt, then put it right in the trash bin. As for the bottles, they should be preferably disposed of separately. Blocking the info on them, using a marker before throwing them away is important too.
Your meds’ box could be the outset of your house organizing campaign, right? You can start getting rid of some stuff around or store them in cheap moving boxes or wardrobe boxes. They will give you more house space to think of a new home design.
