Healthy Living Spotlight: Practicing Medication Safety

Healthy Living Spotlight: Practicing Medication Safety

Medications are often an essential part of healing from illness or injury and managing ongoing conditions. They can also create a serious risk to your health and the health of others when improperly disposed of or used incorrectly. You can practice safe medication habits by taking these simple steps:

• Take your medications only as prescribed by your provider, and don’t share them with anyone.
• Tightly secure the cap on your medicine bottles, and keep medicines in a safe and locked location out of the reach of children and out of sight from friends and visitors.
• Safely dispose of unused or expired medications by bringing them to a designated medication drop box. The nearest drop box locations in Wythe and Bland Counties is:
  • Wytheville Sherriff's Department, 4th Street, Wytheville

Following these tips will help keep you, your home and our community safe. For more information about safe medication use, visit http://consumermedsafety.org/.