{"id":4338,"date":"2012-03-23T06:00:53","date_gmt":"2012-03-23T10:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/candostreet.com\/blog-parents\/?p=4338"},"modified":"2012-03-22T18:48:40","modified_gmt":"2012-03-22T22:48:40","slug":"make-the-medicine-cabinet-part-of-spring-cleaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/make-the-medicine-cabinet-part-of-spring-cleaning\/","title":{"rendered":"Make the Medicine Cabinet Part of Spring Cleaning"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/candostreet.com\/blog-parents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/medicine-cabinet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-4356\" title=\"medicine-cabinet\" src=\"https:\/\/candostreet.com\/blog-parents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/medicine-cabinet-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"83\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/medicine-cabinet-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/candostreetny.com\/blog-parents\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/medicine-cabinet.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 83px) 100vw, 83px\" \/><\/a>In a recent newsletter from Beth Israel Hospital, NYC, Elizabeth Palillo, PharmD, Clinical Pharmacy Manager stresses that at least once a year we need to go through our medicine cabinets and do the following:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Throw out expired products.<\/li>\n<li>Discard prescription medications we don&#8217;t use anymore.<\/li>\n<li>If the cold and flu season is over, throw that medicine out. The cough medicine bottle is probably contaminated because someone drank right from the bottle.<\/li>\n<li>Throw out last year&#8217;s sunscreen as sunscreen degrades after being exposed to heat.<\/li>\n<li>Restock first aid products.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><em><strong>Ms. Palillo offers the following advice about storing and disposing of medicine:<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Find another place than the bathroom to store medicine as there is too much heat and steam in this room on a regular basis. Better places are: nightstands, a kitchen cabinet or a desk.<\/li>\n<li>Take care disposing of your medicines. Dump pills and liquids in a tin can that can be sealed, such as a coffee can and mix with something non-edible such as kitty litter or powdered detergent. Duct tape the lid to the can and dispose of in the garbage.<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><em><strong>Be environmentally friendly and don&#8217;t flush medicine down the toilet. Exceptions to the no-flush rule are narcotics and painkillers. 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