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Posted: Nov 18 2006 at 10:56pm | IP Logged Quote Mrs.K
After reading the Magic Eraser posts, I've been thinking about medication safety. How do you keep refrigerated meds out of the reach of children? I have cardiac meds for my 2 yo dd and they do not have child proof tops. She knows they are hers which worries me that she might try to drink them herself. I do need to keep them fairly accessible since she takes them four times a day. Any ideas?

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Posted: Nov 20 2006 at 5:32pm | IP Logged Quote JodieLyn
ask the pharmacist? perhaps they have lids that are child proof that would fit? or perhaps they have bottles with such that you could get and move the meds to?

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Posted: Nov 20 2006 at 5:40pm | IP Logged Quote Mrs.K
Thanks, Jodie. The bottle has a special top that the oral syringe fits into for dispensing, so it can't be transferred to another bottle.
I did think of something to try: I am going to ask the pharmacist if they have a large bottle with a child proof lid to put the whole med bottle into.

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Posted: Nov 20 2006 at 10:40pm | IP Logged Quote hopalenik
Hi,

I am a mom to a child with Chronic health issues and I believe that pharmacists are required to put medication in a child proof bottle if you ask for it.

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Posted: Nov 22 2006 at 8:50pm | IP Logged Quote KellyJ
I've seen medicine safes before. I did a quick search and this one was the first result: http://www.improvementscatalog.com/home/improvements/44824-S mart-Guard-Medicine-Safe.html

I agree with others that the pharmacy should provide a childproof lid.

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Posted: Nov 22 2006 at 9:23pm | IP Logged Quote Martha
on the cheap side...

you can get a small cooler, maybe even the lunch pail size, and attach a lock to it. Place entire thing in frig.

this is what my dh did with his diabetic equipment while living in dorms at college.

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Posted: Nov 23 2006 at 10:39am | IP Logged Quote Essy
Wow...thanks Kelly for that link. That is exactly what I've been looking for. My 87 year old dad lives with us and takes tons of meds and I'm always paranoid that the kids will get to his stuff...even though I keep them pretty high up. I think this is just perfect...where my dad can still get at it easily (better then a lock) and yet will keep the kids out.

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Posted: Nov 24 2006 at 1:27pm | IP Logged Quote Mrs.K
Thanks for the input ladies.
My dh was just at the apothecary the other night picking up my dd's meds. The one small glass bottle fits into a large plastic medicine bottle with a child-proof cap on it. The other medicine is in larger bottle and they were able to give us a child-proof cap for it. I need to switch caps every time I use it, as I need to put on the cap that the oral syringe fits into for proper dispensing. But we are happy to have a safe way to store the meds!

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