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Medication Storage

A myHIVteam Member asked a question 💭
New Brunswick, NJ

Can you store your medication in kitchen cabinets. I have been storing them in kitchen cabinet next to dishwasher there is a counter top above dishwasher. Does the heat from dishwasher get cabinets hot where they would interact with my meds or am I just getting paranoid

November 24, 2023
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A myHIVteam Member

We have always kept ours in the medicine cabinet.

November 26, 2023
A myHIVteam Member

I have them in a draw in the kitchen I have been 28yrs survivor I haven’t had any issues and I really never thought about it I’m still Living 😇❣️Dovato

November 25, 2023 (edited)
A myHIVteam Member

i store them in the kitchen cabinet so that is not a problem

November 27, 2023
A myHIVteam Member

Hi Brad3... Maybe move yours to another cabinet in the kitchen. I keep mine in a box in one of my kitchen cabinets. Take care

November 27, 2023
A myHIVteam Member

I keep mine zipped up in a cooler bag. The kind that keeps drinks cold or hot. I’ve used it since day one in 1994!!! Wooow 30 years!!!

November 26, 2023

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