Oh Butterfly!

i hope you don't mind you gave me a real chuckle here, even though i realize it was a rant.

I have 2 very deep med drawers... was one... between changing meds and stopping meds that i might need again, and backup meds, and ... i'm the same boat as you, i won't throw something out unless it's bad, but i do end up with things way over the hill in there, and have to clean stuff out periodically. only thing is i do know my active ingredients, so no googling here, just lots and lots of digging in way too many pharmacy bags.

at least you are resourceful... finally did think of the red sharpie hehe. i have about 3 sleep meds none of which i use any more... you have me thinking these are probably expired by now and i need to find them and chuck them. one is flunitrazepam a longacting benzo which makes me drunk for like 2 days when i take it so even if it isn't i should chuck that.

but see, here, we are not allowed to throw meds in the trash. we have to throw them in a special trash at the pharmacy. and i never associate buying meds with trashing meds, so i always forget when i go there.

sorry for the ramble...

nite nite.... 4.15 here and still awake oh me oh my. i was dozing off in front of the puter, no sooner i shut it off than i perked up again....

~ waves ~

Hi waves - I just turned my laptop back on because I realized that I forgot to hit reply to this post and thank you. You said everything the pharmacist said! Sorry you are still awake. It's only 9:33 pm here. Thanks again.

Hi Mari & BF & waves - just wanted to say thank you again. Ya'll are a wealth of knowledge around here.

Butterfly,

You would be a good patient liaison. I love that the pharmacist was helpful about the Ambien.

If it helps you, then as soon as you get back from the pharmacy, write the names on them.
Make up your own color system. For example, all meds that come into the house starting this week are marked with a certain color crayon or a sticker. Twelve months from now, you start using a different color crayon.

Or get a box or a bag. I like clear plastic bags so I can see them.
Right now I have a clear plastic zip cosmetic traveling bag that I bought at CVS or Walgreens maybe. You can keep some crayons of this year's color in the bag with the meds.
I cannot find a picture of it. Here is one that is cuter than mine. http://www.bonanza.com/listings/CLEA...FbKiPAodxlsAHA
I somewhat keep track of which are my new meds I picked up yesterday and which are the meds I picked up last month but have not used yet. ( I try to stay one month ahead.)

Is there a reason you are keeping your meds deep in the pantry? Is it so that no one bothers with them?


M

Hi, Butterfly,

Thanks for sharing the info you learned.
I have one med in powdered form. I will throw that a way if I have old stuff --- need to re-re-organize anyway.

Mari

Good morning Butterfly, I hope that this finds you doing better,how was your holiday? grate I hope,and I pray that the New Year brings you nothing but good things

Mari, that's such a good idea. I could get some of those round stickers like for yard sale price tags, and each one as I get it put it on the top of the cap. Let's say all of 2013 could be pink caps. Well right there that would tell me this is current. And write what it is right then so I know what I have.

Mari - you're one month ahead, I'm always late getting stuff refilled. Maybe that could be one of my resolutions. Doing stuff like this, getting my meds organized.

I keep them in the highest kitchen cabinet I have because my 6 year old digs around and even gets on her stool sometimes. She's not being naughty, I think she just wants to know what's in all these cabinets that she doesn't use when she helps unload the dishwasher. They have child resistant caps but I want them as out of reach as possible.

I don't keep any medicines in my bathroom because I have an older home and my bathroom doesn't have an exhaust vent fan. My bathroom is just a regular room like the rest of the house, so humidity stays high in there.

Butterfly

Please check with your pharmacist about how to dispose of your expired
drugs.

I know that in my area, they have days that you can bring in bottles
of expired bottles of pills.

Or they tell you also how to dispose of them.

I personally can't remember right now. How they tell you too.

We don't usually have this problem. Because Derrick usually takes
a complete dosage.


Donna

It was nice, I cooked for my family.

Same wishes to you!!!!! May 2013 be a year of good things for all of us!!!!!