Many of us are touched in one way or another by the opioid crisis that has become a national epidemic, one with a particularly strong grip in New England. This has prompted many questions from our ...

(BPT) - Allergy season is behind us and before flu season strikes, now is the time for consumers to clean out their medicine cabinet and brush up on medication consumption and storage tips. A recent ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A medication storage program for individuals experiencing homelessness has opened in Austin. The city’s Downtown Austin Community Court (DACC) created the Medication Storage Program ...

Many of us keep our medications in a bathroom medicine cabinet, but experts say that’s not the most appropriate place. “Storing them in the bathroom can introduce moisture to the medications, which ...

Kosair for Kids is partnering with several organizations to spread the word. According to Kentucky's Child Fatality and Near Fatality External Review Panel, more than one-third of all cases reported ...

ISMP claims CMS’ interpretive guidelines may exacerbate drug shortages and waste by mandating drugs and biologicals be stored in accordance with only manufacturers’ directions and state and federal ...

Is your hospital or clinic paying heed to the real costs of improper drug and vaccine storage? Marcia Levin, Vaccines for Children program manager for the Chicago Department of Health, says that the ...

Medically reviewed by Kristie Reed, PharmD Taking expired medications might make them less effective for treating conditions.Proper storage can extend a medication's effectiveness past the expiration ...