Do not store medicine chest in the bathroom

Medicines should be stored better in a cool and dry place
Almost everyone has a small home pharmacy at home to help themselves with headaches, nausea or minor injuries. Often this is stored in the bathroom. However, experts strongly advise against this because moisture and heat can severely impair the effectiveness of medicines.

Medication does not tolerate a humid-warm climate
Whether aspirin, nose drops or cough syrup: A medicine cabinet can be found in almost every apartment to be well prepared for emergencies. Often the boxes and tubes are in a small closet in the bathroom, but that's not a good idea from an expert's point of view. Because drugs are extremely sensitive and can be significantly influenced by certain factors such as light, temperature and humidity in their effect. Normally, medicines should be kept cool and dry, so according to the magazine "Pharmacies Umschau" (issue February 15, 2016 B) the bathroom and the kitchen are not suitable places, reports the news agency "dpa".

The medicine chest should be positioned in cool, dry rooms so that the effects of the medicine are not impaired. (Image: euthymia // otolia.com)

Do not throw away leaflets after first use
Instead, the local pharmacy should be better stored in the bedroom or hall. In order to see which medicines can be used for how long, it is advisable to label them after the onset. After all, eye drops or nasal sprays, for example, should only be used for a short time after the first application. Also, leaflets belong in the medicine cabinet experts repeatedly. Because only then can be read in doubt, as the drug is to be dosed and used and what possible side effects can occur. (No)