Wht'-' . Your
Medicine Chest
On ' the surface of ,
" things, it might appear
. that the reason a
medicine . chest is thus
called is that it's a good
place to store medicines.
Not so, according to the
Food and Drug Ad
ministration. Potential
danger lurks when
there's medicine in the
medicine .Chest. One
reason, is that bathroom,
medicine chests are
usually right .over the
sink, and accessible
enough to tempt the
curiosity of children who
live in or " visit your
house.
To help you know not
only how to child-proof
your medicine chest, but
to keep it safe and up-to-date
for adults too, the
Food 'and Drug Ad
ministration has a free
reprint from its
magazine, the FDA Con
sumer. For your copy of
What's in Your Medicine
Chest, write to Con
sumer Information
Center, Dept. 645K
Pueblo, Colorado 81009.
Even if there aren't
any children in your
household, the medicine
chest is not a good place
for drugs, since the
warm moist atmosphere
of the bathroom can
cause some drugs to
deteriorate. Ideally, both
prescription and non
prescription drugs
should be kept in a cool,
dry place.
What else should be
kept in that cool, dry
place will depend on the
makeup of the family. If
there are young children
in .the family you're like
. ly to need baby aspirin,
anti-bacterial topical
ointments, arid medicine
to treat the symptoms of
diarrhea. Almost every
family will want to keep
aspirin or a non-aspirin
pain reliever on hand.
No matter what the '
age of your family, avoid
overstocking drugs.
Some drugs change in
consistency. Ideally, sup
plies in medicine chest
should be bought to last
over a period of no more
than 6 to 12 months; - ; :'
Be sure to review the
contents of your
medicine chest every 6
months and discard old
supplies. Also be sure
that any new prescrip
tions you get are clearly
dated. "
Tablets that have
become ;," crumbly,
medicines that have
changed color, odor, or
consistency, or are out
dated should ' be
destroyed. Empty - the
bottle of medicine into
the toilet, flush' it down
and rinse out of the bot
tle. Don't put leftover
drugs in the trash basket
where they can be dug
out by . inquisitive
. youngsters. Newly pur
chased drugs that don't
look right should be
returned to - the phar
macy. Drug ' products
that lost their labels also,
should be destroyed. '
, And, as a final safety
precaution, always keep
the telephone number of
the local poison control
center, doctor, hospital,
rescue squad, '.fire and
police departments near ,
every phone' in the,
house. And tape the .
emergency phone list
wherever you keep
medicines and emergen
- cy supplies, as well as in
side the bathroom
medicine chest door.
When you order
What's in Your Medicine
Chest (free) you'll also
receive a free copy of the
Consumer Information ,
Catalog. Published r
quarterly by the Con
sumer Information
Ct nter of the General
Services Administration,
the free Catalog lists 200
selected "- free .." and
mo.Jerately priced .
federal consume
booklets: r'" ''.' ,
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