Safe Keeping Of Medication - Pain Management Message Board

davetheplantman · 11-08-2005, 09:35 AM

I am curious where people keep their pain medications located in their homes. I ask because I had never thought of this and just kept them in my bathroom drawer, but now realize from reading a few posts that even well intentioned visitors might be tempted to take such inviting medications. Any thoughts?

Dave in Seattle

Terri43 · 11-08-2005, 09:48 AM

I keep my meds in my dresser and 1 weeks supply on my night stand. I don't have visiters so I don't worry about someone in my home taking them. My kids come every other weekend but would never touch them.
Terri

Gabe30 · 11-08-2005, 10:28 AM

Heh, funny that you started this thread.

I live with my parents and I know my dad has taken a few of my BT med's for his back pain. So I confronted him one day about it with my mom in the room...haha! He admitted to it and got in trouble with my mom. She told him to go get his own pain meds and he has since.

I have about 5-6 bottles of pain meds and muscle relaxants, etc... and I would hide them under my bed mattress, in my closet under clothes and sometimes in my shoes. LOL!!!

But it's really nice now to just to be able to put my pain medication and everything on my bed stand. I always count each bottle once a week just to make sure his sticky fingers haven't been in them. And the worse part is that he is a cop too! You gotta watch those cops.

My dad just got a re-fill of 120# Lortab's. I should go take a few and see if he notices. He hides them in his underwear drawer and it would look really weird if my mom saw me throwing his underwear up in the air.

Take care and hide your meds everyone!

Gabe

duttin · 11-08-2005, 10:42 AM

Dave,

I keep my hi-powered meds locked in my hubby's gun cabinet.I have a drug addicted nephew who was just released from juvinile prison.He use to take his mothers pills for a high.
I have teenage children and his football buddies are here every night they ask if I was opening my own drug store.I told them that I was not becoming a street pharmasist as they referred to it.
This has worked out well.It protects me and the youth that are in my home.

Toni

eaker · 11-08-2005, 11:20 AM

I keep them in my bathroom (master bath) & just a few in the kitchen cupboard , maybe 1/2 a dozen at a time. Now if anyone I suspect has sticky fingers is coming to visit (like my mom)

then I lock them in the file cabninent or in my husbands gun cabinent. It sure is derpressing to have to hide your meds from your family. Fortunately my Dr. believed me (since he knows my mom) the one time I had to go in early for more since I was missing like 20-30 pills. So now I am much more careful.
eaker