• Follow directions on the label when you give or take medicines. Read all warning labels. Some medicines cannot be taken safely when you take other medicines or drink alcohol.
• Turn on a light when you give or take medicines at night so that you know you have the correct amount of the right medicine.
• Keep medicines in their original bottles or containers.
• Never share or sell your prescription drugs.
• Keep opioid pain medications, such as methadone, hydrocodone, and oxycodone, in a safe place that can only be reached by people who take or give them.
• Monitor the use of medicines prescribed for children and teenagers, such as medicines for attention deficit disorder, or ADD (SAMHSA 2006).
• Dispose of unused, unneeded, or expired prescription drugs. Follow the federal guidelines for how to do this. (ONDCP 2007).

Poison Control Number
Put the poison control number, 1-800-222-1222, on or near every home telephone and save
it on your cell phone. The line is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.