Medication Lock Box

I was under the impression that OTC meds, Tylenol, Aspirin, Advil, etc, didn't need to be locked up. Only "up" a bit on a shelf. That's what we were told and that's what we've always done. Now the Dr prescribed meds, those need to be under lock and key. Though these days they're saying you need a double lock system (didn't use to do it this way, one lock was sufficient). I was told I could just use the lock on the bedroom door and a lock box beyond that. But.... We actually have a "gun" lock box within which is a smaller locked box, a "strong box" so to speak. That's how we're doing it.

Where I used to live, EVERYTHING had to be locked up. Even first aid supplies, even neosporin, even bandaids that contained neosporin. Sheesh. I used a tackle box there, had a nice little area for a tiny suitcase lock. Some things had to be double locked, so I put them in a tackle box (locked with a suitcase lock) inside a cabinet with a regular key lock. Some people used two suitcases one inside the other. Where I live now, only psychotropic medications have to be locked up. Everything else that could cause "significant injury" if ingested just has to be out of reach of children. I have no psychotropic meds in the house, so I just put everything on a high shelf in the bathroom closet. It really varies by where you live. But either a small suitcase or a tackle box seem to be the best price for locked storage according to everyone I know.

Here we have to lock up all meds. Narcotics and psychotropic meds need a doublelock We also have to have a lock box in the fridge. We use a tool box of all the meds and a make up bag or a double zippered bank bag of the fridge. We also went to the lock section and got a pack of locks keyed the same, they were like a luggage lock size. Just slap tbe lock up up thru holes on the zippers. It workes

I use a tool box, everything has to be locked away under double lock. I put a keyed lock on one of my closet doors and the tool boxes are on a shelf. Each child's prescriptions have to be in a labeled ziplock bag. For the fridge I was told a lunchbox that has a double zipper with a suitcase lock was sufficient so that is what I use when needed.

We have to have everything under lock (double lock for psychotropic meds). We changed the knob on our bathroom linen closet to a keyed lock & just moved all the towel out into the cabinets in the bathroom. That way we could also keep cleaning chemicals in that closet as well. For the psychotropic meds & a lock box in the fridge, we found little lockable boxes in the cosmetics area of walmart that were super inexpensive and just keep that inside the locked closet.

At first we just had vitamins and OTC and general prescriptions in a kitchen cabinet with a tot-lok on it. Now we have a cabinet and a small tool box for psych meds. The cabinet I got at Walmart and put a lock on the outside of it. The top shelf has pills. The middle has liquids. The third has topicals (diaper rash ointment, creams, vicks vapor rub, etc). The last has binders of paperwork for the house and each child (as these are confidential so are supposed to be away from where just anyone can get into them). The psych med box is on the shelf with the liquids as we don't have many of them. I use shoeboxes to help keep it neat. I have liquids in plastic baggies in the shoeboxes. I have one bag for "morning meds and vitamins" though it can't include psych meds of course.

At first we just had vitamins and OTC and general prescriptions in a kitchen cabinet with a tot-lok on it. Now we have a cabinet and a small tool box for psych meds. The cabinet I got at Walmart and put a lock on the outside of it. The top shelf has pills. The middle has liquids. The third has topicals (diaper rash ointment, creams, vicks vapor rub, etc). The last has binders of paperwork for the house and each child (as these are confidential so are supposed to be away from where just anyone can get into them). The psych med box is on the shelf with the liquids as we don't have many of them. I use shoeboxes to help keep it neat. I have liquids in plastic baggies in the shoeboxes. I have one bag for "morning meds and vitamins" though it can't include psych meds of course.

Like others have said, we use a tackle box. We have to lock-up everything and we have to keep oral and topical medications separated in it. This seems to vary since a friend has to have his separated by person. He is with a different agency. We also had to have something to lock up meds in the refrigerator. We got a lunch box that has two zippers that can be locked together.