In the basic principles of preserving drugs, keeping dry is a very important part. As a result, many patients in the drug opened, are not willing to throw away the bottle attached to the cotton and the desiccant, desiccant and cotton that can remain dry drugs. In fact, this is a misunderstanding. United States Pharmacopoeia (USP) regulations, pharmaceutical Once the bottle, the bottle must be discarded once the cotton and desiccant, or they will adsorb moisture due to become a major source of pollution within the bottles of medicine, but easy to make drugs wet deterioration.
Unopened bottles of medicine before the cotton is intended to be placed in transit to avoid the collision, so as not to allow pharmaceutical powder; place to keep bottles of medicine, the desiccant is dry. But the bottles of medicine Once opened, the two "helper" but will adsorb moisture into the "murderer", so take them away, do not continue to be on bottles of medicine in the.
Drug should be avoid of light, moisture, high temperature, once opened, preferably stored in the dry place. Some people like to put drugs in the refrigerator freezer ice, I feel that more insurance, however, need to be refrigerated unless it is a special emphasis on drugs, drugs are not generally recommended fridge. Once taken out because, forget back, more likely to wet.
Reminding that the drugs is best not to long-term storage after opening. It should be noted that the shelf life of the bottle is labeled "unopened" state of the period, once opened, shelf life will be shortened. Therefore, do not eat for fear of wasting the medicine to stay for long periods, because the drugs will not be able to eat the bad treatment, and may damage the health.
