Pharmacologist Advises How to Store Medications

As seen in VeryWell Health, pharmacology expert Maria Pino, Ph.D., associate professor at NYITCOM, shared insight into how extreme heat affects medications. Pino explains that some drugs, such as insulin, antibiotics, pediatric suspensions, injected biological medications, glaucoma eye drops, and certain nasal sprays, should be kept in lower temperatures—around 35 to 46 degrees. She also advises patients not to keep medications in bathroom medicine cabinets because steam and warmth from the shower may negatively affect them.