Six Things to Remember When Storing Medicines 1. Try to avoid places that have high temperature, humidity, and direct sun light when storing your medicine. You should choose a dark and cool place. For liquids like syrups it is advisable to store in the refrigerator. 2. Keep medicines out of the reach of small children to avoid accidental use by them. 3. Keep the boxes, packages, or any inserts explaining the use of medicine until you completely use up the medicine. 4. Once a year clean up your medicine chest and check each medicine's expiration date. Be especially careful with medicines opened up to the air. It is useful to write the date you opened up the medicine on the box itself. 5. Please don't transfer the medicine into another container. 6. Don't ever place in the same medicine box; fertilizer, pesticides, or preservatives. How to discard medicines When discarding medicines, take it out of the container and then discard it. For tablets and ointments, wrap it in paper or envelopes and discard it with flammable trash. For eye-drops or liquid drugs discard them into the sink. For discarding the contents of aerosols and other sprays stay away from ignitable products and it's good to do it outdoors where there are no flammable substances. There is a recycle seal on the containers and boxes of medicines. Please follow the written instructions where it's marked paper or plastic and discard them accordingly. Please follow the local ordinances as to the proper procedure to discard other parts of the medicines.