You need to give a dose of liquid medicine. The bottle is ready, the directions say 5 mL, and the kitchen spoon is standing nearby looking very qualified. It is still not the right tool. Kitchen spoons are designed for…
You return to your car, see the pharmacy bag on the seat and immediately remember: “Oh no. My medicine has been sitting in here.” The car feels approximately three degrees cooler than the surface of the sun, and now you…
You tilt your head back, aim the bottle and try to land one tiny drop in one tiny target. Then—boop. The bottle tip touches your eyelashes. Or your eyelid. Maybe even your eye. It may seem harmless, but keeping the…
A lancet is tiny. A needle may be even smaller. So after using one at home, tossing it into the trash can seem harmless. After all, it is just one little needle buried underneath coffee grounds, tissues and whatever mystery…
If you have asthma, you may have an inhaler—or perhaps two sitting somewhere in your home. And if someone asked, “Which one is your rescue inhaler?”, would you know immediately? Or would you stare at the inhalers and think, “Well……
You open a new nasal spray, point it toward your nose and press. Done, right? Not necessarily. With some pump-style nasal sprays, the first press may be more of a rehearsal than a performance. The pump may need to be…
You see a headline: “Medication recalled.” Then you look at the bottle in your hand and think, “Well… this is awkward.” Before assuming every package with that medication name is affected, check the details. A recall may involve particular products,…
You pick up a bottle of liquid medicine and there it is: SHAKE WELL BEFORE USE. It may look like one more tiny sticker competing for space on the bottle, but this instruction can be an important part of getting…
You reach for your medication bottle and discover that the label has faded, peeled, been splashed or somehow turned into a tiny pharmaceutical inkblot. You can still see something. Maybe half the medication name. Maybe “take one…” followed by a…
You start a new medicine. A few days later, you realise something else has changed too. Your usual bathroom routine seems to have quietly packed its bags and left without forwarding instructions. Constipation can be uncomfortable to talk about, so…
