How to Properly Conserve Medicines at Home

We all have in our homes a home medicine cabinet or, failing that, a cabinet or drawer where we keep medicines, which we turn when we are ill or have a medical condition. In this post we want to give some recommendations to improve the conservation of these drugs, in order to preserve their pharmacological activity and the full effectiveness of its active ingredient, which will contribute to self-care of our health.

The first thing to know is that the kitchen and bathroom are the worst rooms in the house to save our home medicine cabinet. The reason? Medicines, as a rule, keep well at room temperature in a cool, dry place. These conditions are opposite to those that occur in the kitchen and bathroom on the bathroom corner rack, rooms where sudden temperature changes occur and, at certain times, there is a high humidity. In addition, another element that favors conservation is darkness, so we should avoid are under a direct focus of light or heat, or exposed to the sun.

Some drugs require specific conditions for preservation. So when you use a drug it is best to check your prospect, because you know the right way to take doses or their frequency, and the best conditions for its conservation. Such is the case of heat-labile drugs, such as insulin, vaccines or certain eye drops, to be kept in the refrigerator on the refrigerator freezer shelves, never in the freezer at temperatures ranging from 2 to 8.

Furthermore, in the case of vaccines, avoids placing them in the doors, when opened because temperature variations occur. And what if we are going for a trip? We have to ensure meet these special conditions, so it is necessary to provide the best way to maintain the optimum temperature for conservation, such as the intelligent medicine box. If the external appearance of the drug is changed ... never use