- Review your medicine cabinet periodically, say, once in three months to look at expiry dates and discard
- Make a list of everything in your first aid box with use-by dates so that you know what is available and usable
- Stick this list to the lid of the box or to the door of your medicine cabinet for your ready reference
- Keep your first aid box and medicine cabinet out of reach of young children
- If you have unused medicine from treatment, either return it to your pharmacy if possible or donate it, unless it is generic, and valid for years and you are likely to use it.
- Ensure you take your full course of medication. Stopping it midway will render the course useless, especially with antibiotics
- Thanks to the super-fast internet, you can now quickly find out if any of the drugs in your cabinet or medication prescribed by your doctor have been recalled. It is worth it to do the research
- When you visit your doctor, be sure to carry previous prescriptions and medical reports.
- Lo/Ovral-28 Oral contraceptives
- Excedrin, bufferin, gas-x, nodoz
- Lipitor
- Tylenol
- Vioxx
- H1N1 vaccine
- Able laboratories generic prescription drugs
- Bausch & lomb and advanced medical optics contact lens solutions
- Listerine
- Bayer baycol
- Children’s cold medicine