21-07-2018, 11:38 PM
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Storage of Medicines
I have noticed a lot of medicines have written on them - "Store below 25 degs."I first saw it on my eye drops for Dry Eye, which made me start looking at other things.
They all seem much of a muchness - Paracetamol, Aspirin, even multi-vitamins.
I have a feeling a lot of people don't even read the labels or storage instructions, but if you go and have a look at the small print on your meds, I bet yours say the same.
So with this ongoing heatwave, I wonder how much ' spoilt' medicines people are consuming, and whether it is dangerous?
I think I will ask my pharmacy about this on Monday.
22-07-2018, 05:37 AM
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Re: Storage of Medicines
Originally Posted by Meg
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I store liquid medication in the fridge and tablets in a cool dark cupboard.
22-07-2018, 01:24 PM
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Re: Storage of Medicines
Originally Posted by Meg
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I store liquid medication in the fridge and tablets in a cool dark cupboard.
Mine are in the bathroom cupboard too, Meg, but my bathroom and bedroom have been been 80 degs by the end of the day recently.
That is just over the recommended 25 degs for storage.
It just made me wonder because this has been every single day for about 7 weeks they might have been over-warmed, it's not just a one-off occurence.
Some medicines (including veterinary ones) say 'Do not refregerate.' So Gawd knows what we are supposed to do to keep them cooler.
22-07-2018, 02:51 PM
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Re: Storage of Medicines
Originally Posted by Mups
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Mine are in the bathroom cupboard too, Meg
my tablets are in a box in a cool cupboard in the hall. It never gets hot there. My bathroom is like a sauna and not very good for pills. The exception is my daily dose box which only holds a weeks worth of meds and lives in the kitchen now so I never forget to take them.
22-07-2018, 03:36 PM
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Re: Storage of Medicines
Originally Posted by Meg
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I don't have a bathroom cupboard Mups my tablets are in a box in a cool cupboard in the hall. It never gets hot there. My bathroom is like a sauna and not very good for pills. The exception is my daily dose box which only holds a weeks worth of meds and lives in the kitchen now so I never forget to take them.
Oh I see. You are so organised Meg, you would have forty fits if you came here.
I wondered if my eye drops were alright to use, that's what started me thinking about it.
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