In what places can not and can be stored medicines

Have you ever had a tablet taken out of a contour cell, and it crumbled in your hands? Or has the potion changed color, although the expiration date has not yet come out? In such a situation, we are looking for the reason anywhere: falsification, tricks of the pharmacy chain that sold the "delay". But in fact, as the famous Krylov's fable says, “the chest just opened”! It's all about storage!

The importance of correct storage

Most often, only after the discovery of a spoiled drug, many of us notice that the packaging said "store in a dry, dark place."

And who is to blame for the fact that we left the pills for which moisture is contraindicated in the bathroom? For some reason, it never occurs to anyone to hang shelves for books in the bathroom, but if you can live without a spoiled book, then without medicines - not always.

How not to find yourself in a similar situation? The answer is obvious: read the instructions! This is where the storage instructions are printed. Failure to comply with storage conditions can make a dummy out of the medicine or, worse, poison.

Important! Most medicines should be stored in a dry place out of direct sunlight.

How are things going with the observance of these requirements in different areas of the house? What mistake is made by leaving medicine in the kitchen or bathroom? Let's talk about this in more detail.

Why are the kitchen and bathroom not suitable for medicine?

We are looking for the answer to this question from the manufacturers of medicines: on the packaging or in the text of the instructions for use in the section "storage conditions".

Temperature

Reference! The most common formulation for tablet forms is: "store at a temperature not higher than +25 degrees."

Now let's think, is the temperature always at this level in the kitchen and in the bathroom? The answer is obvious: no, not always!

Humidity

Another factor that we cannot exclude: in these rooms - high humidity, destructive for drugs in paper packaging, powders, various plasters and dressings.

Some object: there are special plastic cabinets for small items and medicines on the shelves of hardware stores, they fit organically only into the interior of the bathroom. Let's say there is a red cross or other medical symbol on such a cabinet. But who's stopping you from choosing another or masking this one with decorative panels and placing it outside wet areas?

Interesting! There are more "exotic" explanations for why drugs have no place in the kitchen. The ancient Vedic science of the correct construction of living space says the following: if medicines are in the area of ​​fire (in our case, in the kitchen), then there is no financial well-being in the house!

Where is the best place to store medicines in the apartment?

Having figured out where it is impossible to store, let's start looking for the most suitable place.

Two main rules

• The most important rule: there, where there is no access for children, people with mental disorders and animals.
• Second rule: follow the instructions of the pharmaceutical company that released the drug.

Therefore, we turn to the instructions again.

Storage options

• If the instructions say about a dry, cool place, then the medicine should be put in the refrigerator (but not in the freezer!)

Advice! Better to highlight the bottom shelf or the shelf on the door. This is how eye drops, some ointments, syrups, suppositories, vaccines are stored.

True, it is advisable to pre-pack them in an airtight container or a plastic bag. After all, even the best refrigerator is not immune to condensation.

• Liquids poured into dark or opaque glass bottles, do not require special conditions. They can be left where it is convenient.
• For other dosage forms (tablets, powders, solutions, bandages, plasters, "herbs") any storage systems closed with opaque doors. This can be a special wardrobe, shelf, drawer in the living room or bedroom.

Reference! On sale there are special containers designed specifically for storing medicines and medical equipment. The containers are divided into sections, in which everything will be in strict order. A tonometer, thermometer, glucometer, etc. are also placed here.

As a rule, such containers have handles, so it is convenient to carry them and place them directly at the patient's bed.

If the medicine was stored in the country

Finally, information for residents of the southern regions of our country who prefer to spend the summer in a country house not equipped with air conditioning.

We remember that high temperature is categorically contraindicated for tablets, they are destroyed from it and lose their medicinal properties.

That's why at the end of the summer season, you should meticulously inspect the remnants of drugssurvivors of the heat. We need to get rid of the pills in yellowed packs, in cut blisters. They may not have deteriorated, but why risk your health?