I don't know the ranges if fridges. Back in the "old days" of my parents when they didn't have fridges, they stored food, etc. in a cistern below a windmill!

Do you have a basement? They are always cool.

No basement, but I do have one room with a small window-mounted air conditioner - I think I will set it up to keep just that one room cool enough in the summer. I don't want to risk the Mestinon not working correctly.

I store mine in my dresser drawer, the dresser is away from the heating vent. I learned many years ago that mestinon does not do well in cold or heat or humidity, well gee the medicine is just like us.. LOL

You might find using extra moisture absorbers for your tablets.

If they crumble at room temp that may be a humidity problem.

You can ask your pharmacist to save extra for you. The best drugs to save from are coated ones. (to avoid contamination)

The ones in the canisters are better than the paper packet kind.
The canisters can be rejuvenated with a blow dryer carefully so as not to melt them. (in the business we call them "do not eat"s

Give your pharmacist a ziploc to save some for you.
Don't store in kitchen or bathroom where humidity is highest.


The containers supplied with your drugs are typically pretty air tight...it is the opening/closing that lets the humidity in.

This looks like a good investment for long term storage and rejuvenation ...
http://www.amazon.com/Dry-Packs-Indi.../dp/B002VNI6L4

Good info, thank you all. I always keep mine in a closet on the north side of the house where it's cooler.

Pat

My pharmacist puts three of those tubular moisture absorbers in my mestinon. I've never had any problems with them crumbling.

But I will be changing my location of storage after reading this thread. For the last few days, I've been keeping all of my vitamins in this big basket that I keep by the window (it's -15 right now). I was putting my mestinon in there too. There's also a heater under the window, so sorta a really bad place to keep it...lol

Annie,

Thanks so much for the info! I had originally asked a pharmacist if it was ok to keep in the refrigerator and he said yes. Well, I called to make sure that the pills I had in the fridge were safe, he said they should be, but the potency may not be as good. He said that in their system it came up for the 30mg to be kept in the refrigerator, but the 60mg to be kept between the temperatures that the website states. It seems to me (and him on further inspection) that both of them should be kept at the temperature listed on the website, and to keep moisture absorbers in the bottle like others have suggested. Miscommunication can be a dangerous thing. Sorry for the wrong advice earlier.


Kristy

Desrt Flower,

I get a 90 day supply and only pull about 5 days worth out at a time.

I put the 'main med bottle' in a little thermal sandwich size case which I keep in a drawer.

The 'short' supply, I just keep in the cabinet in a small med bottle and use it for my dosages during the day.

I figure the main supply is less likely to be effected by temp or humidity if I'm not openning it all the time...and so far, I have had no problems with crumbling or effectivity.

Maybe this would work for you too.

Sue

That is a good idea. I'd use a typical dispensing vial from the pharmacy. (you can ask them to run a duplicate label, and put it on a smaller empty vial...5 or 7 dram. Usually there is no charge for this. These are designed to keep most noxious elements to a minimum. Heat, light, moisture.

The daily pill minders are not very well made IMO. You know the ones with M-Sun with the flip tops. A Pharmacy vial would be better.

I just keep mine in my purse. My purse is usually not far from me and no matter where I go...I have my mestinon.