Rx Mistakes Pharmacists Want You to Quit Making

For starters, take your pills out of the medicine cabinet

BY Jancee Dunn FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES

I recently visited my parents, and I was ransacking their kitchen for snacks when I noticed something: Their medications were in a cabinet near their oven. “Keeping your meds there isn't ideal,” I told my dad. “You're cooking all the time, and it's hot.” “I'm sure it's fine,” my father said. Then he looked at me warily. “You're going to ask some experts, aren't you?” he asked. “Tell Mom and Dad that's not a good idea,” said Myriam Shaw Ojeda, an assistant professor of pharmacy practice and science at Ohio State University's College of Pharmacy. Storing medication near a heat source may reduce its effectiveness, she explained. My parents aren't the only people who assume that one safekeeping spot is as good as another. Less than a quarter of the participants in a 2021…

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