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 Henderson are:  
  • Henderson Police Dept (200 Breckenridge Street, Henderson NC 27536)
  • Walgreens (1411 Oxford Rd, Henderson NC 27536)
  • Medical Arts Pharmacy (253 Ruin Creek Rd, Henderson NC 27536)
  • Mast Family Drug Center (418 Dabney Dr, Henderson, NC 27536)
  • Walmart Pharmacy (200 N Cooper Dr, Henderson NC 27536)
  • CVS Pharmacy (109 Dabney Dr, Henderson NC 27536).

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