Posted by yxibow on April 11, 2006, at 3:20:09
In reply to storing meds, posted by LegWarmers on April 10, 2006, at 21:29:47
> is it ok to store meds together in the same bottle or could there be cross-contamination...If I kept an AD and ambien with broken tablets togehter?
Depends on the AD and whether you scored the ambien properly, but unlikely to have a major effect -- after all, you're taking the medications anyhow, and you will have the residues of half lives in your body to begin with. Make sure the jar is the smallest and if you're concerned, pack it with a piece of cotton. The most cross-contamination occurs when it gets vibrantly shaken.Neurontin capsules break easily (Greenstone anyway) when vibrantly shaken and they taste awful. Generic benzodiazepines and beta blockers (and probably their originals) have very little coating and tend to be powdery tablets after a while.
If you're travelling to a foreign country, or travelling anywhere these days, make sure that at least one of your bottles that you're carrying has your name stamped on it from the pharmacy -- less hassle if security wants to rifle through things.
They make keychain rings for small amounts of pills that you can buy at some flea markets and ebay, they're much bigger than the nitroglycerin pills that you see at stores. However, I could never store a daily dose of anything in mine :/ Non-polypharmacy people are more likely to be able to fit things.
TidingsJay
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