If no children are in the household, your pharmacist may be able to provide you with easier opening lids. A special note of warning must be made regarding visiting grandchildren and the need to safeguard medications from their access. If the medication is a liquid, get a measuring device with the prescription usually a measuring teaspoon or a medical syringe. Don t trust the volume of your home teaspoon or your ability to guess how much one-half of this would be. Find out how the medication is to be stored.
Most people leave their medications in their bathroom medicine cabinet.
This is arguably the worst place in the house for pills because the humidity in a bathroom can make them break down more easily. Other medications need to be refrigerated. Find out about yours before you leave the drug store. Before you leave the pharmacy, also check to make sure the medication you are given is actually the drug you think you are supposed to have filled. Look at the directions on taking the medication.