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Home Medicine Storage: Humidity, Expiration and Child Safety

Follow each medicine's label and keep it away from inappropriate heat, humidity and children's reach.

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Medicine storage varies by label and product. FDA stresses expiration and storage conditions; CDC emphasizes keeping medicines and supplements out of young children's sight and reach. This guide does not recommend changing treatment.

Your try-it-at-home checklist

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1. Identify medicines, ointments and vitamins in their original packages and separate household members' items to avoid mix-ups.
2. Follow label storage conditions for temperature, humidity and refrigeration. Do not refrigerate all medicines by default.
3. Unless specially directed, avoid steamy bathrooms and hot, damp places near sinks or stoves.
4. Use locked storage or a place beyond children's sight and reach, and always relock safety caps.
5. Return medicine immediately after use, rather than leaving it by a bed or counter, and ask guests to secure medicines in bags.
6. Check expiration dates and any product-specific after-opening use period; do not use expired medicines.
7. Use local pharmacy or public collection arrangements for unwanted medicines, not casual drain disposal. Seek urgent local medical or poison advice if a child may have swallowed medication.

Your try-it-at-home checklist

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