[kimmie7]

For those of us who are medicine dependent, I’d like to see some pointers on medicine storage. I’ve already delved into the food and herbal meds, but would like to have a nice Rx backup first.

[Lurker]

Most antibiotics will keep for 3 to 5 years if they're refrigerated.

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[meowmeow]

would like to have a nice Rx backup first.

This depends on your needs of course, but what I've done is every time one of us goes the doctor and gets a refill of an Rx, we ask for a sample. The pharmacy drug pushers are always leaving samples and I've never yet been turned down by the doctor.

Then we rotate the sample into the daily meds and set aside an equal amount of the newest regular Rx. Refill the Rx the next time around and do it again. I've been able to build up a 90 day emergency supply of all our Rx by doing that for a couple years. I just rotate the pills the way I do canned goods so the emergency stash is always up to date.