Lock Away Your Medicines
This summer when I was packing for a trip, I had things strewn about my bedroom, waiting to be organized and put in the suitcase.
I walked in on almost-two-year-old Deeds with an open pill bottle in his hand.
It was a terrifying sight (along with the shocking realization that Deeds could open child-proof medicine bottles). It turned out that he hadn’t yet eaten any, but the experience was enough to prompt me to make sure he never got another chance to have a “medicine snack.”
Soberingly, even if your child isn’t a 
toddler, over-the-counter and prescription drugs need to be locked away.
In addition to the alarming number of toddler incidents, a reported 2.1 million teens are abusing prescription drugs annually and more than a third of the prescription drugs illegally obtained by teens come from their own homes.
If you don’t want your child or their friends taking and/or selling your prescription medicines, lock ‘em up!
I like the simplicity of the MedSafe; it is an electronic lock-box that holds up to 15 bottles of prescription medicine.
There are 19,500 changeable combination and you can affix it to the inside of any medicine cabinet with four self-tapping screws included with each unit, or just store it in a drawer, kitchen cabinet or closet shelf.
A portion of each unit sold will support teen prescription drug abuse awareness programs through non-profits such as D.A.R.E.
The MedSafe retails for $49.95, and is on sale now for $39.95.
Learn more at http://www.helpsaveourkids.com, and visit http://www.otcsafety.org for insight about being safe with over the counter medicines.
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This giveaway is open to those with a US mailing address.
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08 November 2009, 6:17 am
One thing I learned at this site is that 2 is the avg age of kids taking meds meant for adults!
08 November 2009, 6:17 am
I am a subscriber
08 November 2009, 6:27 am
Wow, I learned some scary stuff. I know that it’s not only teens that we should worry about but these facts are frightening:
1) Two in five teens (40 percent or 9.4 million) agree that Rx medicines, even if they are not prescribed by a doctor, are “much safer” to use than illegal drugs
2) Nearly one-third of teens (31 percent or 7.3 million) believe there’s “nothing wrong” with using Rx medicines without a prescription “once in a while”
3) Nearly three out of 10 teens (29 percent or 6.8 million) believe prescription pain relievers – even if not prescribed by a doctor – are not addictive
08 November 2009, 6:28 am
I’m an email subscriber and I would like to win this.
08 November 2009, 6:30 am
I tweeted this article. http://twitter.com/slmiresse/status/5530791351
08 November 2009, 7:25 am
I love finding the coolest items online! This is one of the best items I have ever seen. I learned that Statistics show that 39% of people look in their host’s medicine cabinet”. This is needed desperately in our house. I will buy one if I do not win.
08 November 2009, 7:25 am
I subscribe
08 November 2009, 7:28 am
I tweeted this giveaway here http://twitter.com/cindi1969/status/5531593375
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08 November 2009, 12:44 pm
This is a great idea. Years ago when I worked at a hospital we had so many kids almost od. It was heartbreaking.
08 November 2009, 2:10 pm
Statistics show that 39% of people look in their host’s medicine cabinet” NOSY people…LOL!
08 November 2009, 2:11 pm
Subscriber!
08 November 2009, 2:31 pm
The digital lock will “remember” your combination. So if your batteries have to be changed you won’t have to reprogram it.
08 November 2009, 2:33 pm
Already subscribe to mommosttraveled, and I am interested in this giveaway.
08 November 2009, 2:44 pm
It has a “Lockout Feature – Disables lock for 5 minutes after 5 incorrect tries”. I also thought this was amusing: “Secures both prescription drugs as well as privacy
-“Statistics show that 39% of people look in their host’s medicine cabinet” “
08 November 2009, 2:45 pm
email subscriber, thanks
08 November 2009, 2:47 pm
tweet, thanks! http://twitter.com/idahojill/status/5540361610
08 November 2009, 3:54 pm
I learned that their goal is to have 5 million homes secured with the MedSafe by year 2011. Thank you for this giveaway!
08 November 2009, 3:55 pm
I’m a subscriber.
08 November 2009, 3:56 pm
I tweeted
http://twitter.com/kewpiedoll04/status/5541937130
08 November 2009, 3:59 pm
39% of people look in their host’s medicine cabinet..shocking!
08 November 2009, 4:15 pm
Teens abuse Rx drugs more than almost all other drugs combined.
08 November 2009, 4:27 pm
I find it interesting that gun control which is a hot topic, kills fewer that prescription deaths.
Gun Deaths- 30,000+ per yr. Rx Drug deaths- 100,000+ per year (1 every 5 minutes!)
08 November 2009, 4:28 pm
I subscribe to you
08 November 2009, 4:37 pm
I learned that statistics show that 39% of people look in their host’s medicine cabinet!! Thanks.
kport207 at gmail dot com
08 November 2009, 4:38 pm
I learned the MedSafe can also be used in dresser, closet door or night table. So you are not limited to the medicine cabinet. Cool.
Thank you.
08 November 2009, 4:55 pm
I learned that it has a state of the art digital lock - no keys for kids to find!
08 November 2009, 5:08 pm
WOW some startling statistics. I learned.
Drug treatment admissions for prescription painkillers increased more than 300 percent from 1995 to 2005
Very cool product.
08 November 2009, 5:19 pm
“Statistics show that 39% of people look in their host’s medicine cabinet”
08 November 2009, 5:57 pm
I know that precription med use is a problem but I didn’t know more kids have the problem versus those with meth & coke combined WOW
08 November 2009, 6:59 pm
Use heavy duty double sided tape for mirrored cabinets. This product is so cool. My husband is on lots of meds and I’d love to have them locked up.
08 November 2009, 6:59 pm
email subscriber
08 November 2009, 7:03 pm
http://twitter.com/vickers2622/statuses/5546136806
08 November 2009, 9:07 pm
learned that their goal is to have 5 million homes secured with the MedSafe by year 2011.
I had a close call when my son was little at my grandmothers house so I am thrilled they have this now since I have a new baby girl
08 November 2009, 9:42 pm
I learned people are nosey! 39% look in their hosts medicine cabinet. I would love to see a bit of a larger size. My dh takes over 30 meds a day. We could use this to lock up his more “potent” scripts.
08 November 2009, 9:49 pm
I’m a subscriber
08 November 2009, 9:52 pm
Like that the product has a keypad lock because my 3 year old has found a way to get cough syrups open, can climb no matter how high I put things, and has the dexterity to open a key safe(and misplace daddy’s passport for fun). Other products I have seen have child proof mechanisms that just require dexterity to open..this seems like it would be more secure.
08 November 2009, 11:58 pm
I learned that I can change the combination as many times as I’d like!
08 November 2009, 11:58 pm
I’m an email subscriber.
08 November 2009, 11:59 pm
TWeeted @susanlanai.
09 November 2009, 2:48 am
I learned that 71,000 kids are seen in the ER for accidental overdose. Very scary number!!!!
09 November 2009, 2:53 am
I am an email subscriber and very interested in this giveaway.
09 November 2009, 2:56 am
I tweeted about this giveaway: http://twitter.com/StuffSmart/status/5554591913
Twitter name: StuffSmart
09 November 2009, 7:40 am
i learned it installs easily into most existing medicine cabinets
09 November 2009, 7:40 am
subscriber
09 November 2009, 7:49 am
http://twitter.com/vickers2622/statuses/5558789770
09 November 2009, 8:41 am
They believe that one day we will look back at a time when prescription drugs were not locked up, as we now look back at the times when seats belts were not required – “what were we thinking?!”
Have a great day!
09 November 2009, 7:04 pm
Teens about prescription drugs more than all others combined. Wow!! Thanks so much for the chance.
mogrill@comcast.net
09 November 2009, 9:12 pm
This is a great idea. Years ago when I worked at a hospital we had so many kids almost od. It was heartbreaking
09 November 2009, 10:17 pm
I love that it remembers your combination. Thanks for the chance.
mogrill@comcast.net
10 November 2009, 8:49 am
About 71,000 kids/year end up in the ER for unintentional overdoses. Having worked both in an ER and as a pediatric nurse, I have seen this first hand, and they were most often OTC drugs!
10 November 2009, 7:10 pm
learned that Rx Drug deaths- 100,000+ per year (1 every 5 minutes!)
Yet most parents lock up their firearms but not their Rx drugs!
10 November 2009, 7:11 pm
email subscriber
10 November 2009, 10:50 pm
I learned that nearly three out of 10 teens (29 percent or 6.8 million) believe prescription pain relievers – even if not prescribed by a doctor – are not addictive! That’s scary! The sad thing is, I think some adults think that too!
10 November 2009, 10:50 pm
I subscribe by e-mail
10 November 2009, 10:51 pm
Tweet! http://twitter.com/tobinsmommy08/status/5610630332
11 November 2009, 12:55 pm
Easy Installation with 4 self tapping screws (included) or heavy duty double sided tape for mirrored cabinets
11 November 2009, 5:01 pm
I learned that teens abuse rx drugs more than cocaine, crack and meth combined!
11 November 2009, 10:54 pm
Tweet! http://twitter.com/tobinsmommy08/status/5641199842
11 November 2009, 11:46 pm
The vast majority of teens abusing prescription drugs are getting them from the medicine cabinets of friends, family, and acquaintances
12 November 2009, 2:59 pm
Tweet! http://twitter.com/tobinsmommy08/status/5659458061
13 November 2009, 1:39 pm
I learned 39% of people look in their host’s medicine cabinet. I also learned that many of the teens abusing prescription drugs are getting them from friends and family’s medicine cabinets.
13 November 2009, 10:09 pm
Tweet! http://twitter.com/tobinsmommy08/status/5700868428
14 November 2009, 1:47 pm
I learned that Statistics show that 39% of people look in their host’s medicine cabinet. OMGosh! I can’t believe people would actually do that. We don’t have bathroom medicine cabinets. Our medicines stay up in the cabinet in the kitchen. MedSafe looks like a great product to have. Thanks!
15 November 2009, 7:48 pm
The vast majority of teens abusing prescription drugs are getting them from the medicine cabinets of friends, family, and acquaintances
15 November 2009, 9:11 pm
71,000 kids end up in the ER each yr for swallowing meds unintentionally….my nephew had his stomach pumped twice and charcoal due to this…i would love this added safety around my son!
15 November 2009, 9:11 pm
e-mail subscriber
15 November 2009, 9:41 pm
this would b perfect for my family
15 November 2009, 9:42 pm
im an email subscriber
16 November 2009, 5:53 am
I learned that Every day, 2500 kids age 12 to 17 try a painkiller for the first time….WOW!!!
16 November 2009, 7:48 am
I learned that Rx Drug deaths are 100,000+ per year (1 every 5 minutes!) - horrifying stats!
16 November 2009, 7:48 am
Email subscriber
16 November 2009, 7:50 am
http://twitter.com/aitmama/status/5765191369
16 November 2009, 9:03 am
Had no idea that 100,000+ rx drug deaths occur per year.
16 November 2009, 9:03 am
E-mail subscriber
16 November 2009, 11:09 am
I learned that there are more prescription drug deaths every year (100,000) than gun deaths(30,000). Scary.
16 November 2009, 2:24 pm
I learned that 92% of the time unintentional overdoses happen at home
16 November 2009, 2:25 pm
I’m a subscriber
16 November 2009, 3:32 pm
dreamcleavers@yahoo.com
i learned about how many actual deaths occur from prescription drugs, crazy number
16 November 2009, 3:41 pm
dreamcleavers@yahoo.com
email subscriber
16 November 2009, 3:47 pm
it has state of the art digital lock - no keys
16 November 2009, 5:04 pm
I learned that Rx Drug deaths- 100,000+ per year (1 every 5 minutes!)
16 November 2009, 7:43 pm
It holds 15 med bottles
16 November 2009, 8:36 pm
I learned 39% of people look in their host’s medicine cabinet.
16 November 2009, 8:38 pm
i learned it installs easily into most existing medicine cabinets
16 November 2009, 11:11 pm
I learned that there are more prescription drug deaths every year than gun deaths.
16 November 2009, 11:25 pm
I was surprised to learn that Rx drug deaths were over three times higher than gun related deaths (100,000+ vs. 30,000+ per year) - and with three kids, that really alarms me!
17 November 2009, 1:40 am
I learned Nearly one-third of teens (31 percent or 7.3 million) believe there’s “nothing wrong” with using Rx medicines without a prescription “once in a while”
17 November 2009, 1:44 am
I’m an e-mail subscriber.
17 November 2009, 1:45 am
I tweeted: http://twitter.com/ag1414/status/5790437031
17 November 2009, 2:08 am
Nearly one-third of teens (31 percent or 7.3 million) believe there’s “nothing wrong” with using Rx medicines without a prescription “once in a while”
Really sad and scary, my little sister is in high school and she tells me about kids taking pills and no one doing anything and it makes me so angry.
17 November 2009, 9:36 am
I learned that 3 out of 10 teens don’t think prescription pain killers are addictive.
fionen_ftw AT fionen DOT com
17 November 2009, 9:36 am
I’m already a subscriber.
fionen_ftw AT fionen DOT com
17 November 2009, 11:49 am
I learned that 39% of people look in their host’s medicine cabinet - wow - that is scary!
17 November 2009, 12:37 pm
I learned that MedSafe comes with 4 self tapping, magnetic metal screws. Simply screw the unit into your medicine cabinet.
Thanks.
17 November 2009, 12:38 pm
I subscribe already.
17 November 2009, 12:54 pm
Rather sobering - 71,000 kids each year end up in the ER for Unintentional Overdoses. My daughter is 19 mo old so she’s into everything and we need to get very serious about things that we don’t think she can reach or do just yet cause you never know when the day will come when she will or can.
17 November 2009, 2:56 pm
Nearly three out of 10 teens (29 percent or 6.8 million) believe prescription pain relievers – even if not prescribed by a doctor – are not addictive
17 November 2009, 3:08 pm
39% of people look in their host’s medicine cabinet - sounds way low to me
17 November 2009, 3:44 pm
I learned that 39% of people look in their hosts medicine cabinet - - the nerve!
17 November 2009, 4:17 pm
I learned that it disables the lock for 5 minutes after 5 incorrect tries
17 November 2009, 5:36 pm
I learned that it Installs easily into most existing medicine cabinets and has a state of the art digital lock .
17 November 2009, 5:53 pm
FACT: Gun Deaths- 30,000+ per year
Rx Drug deaths- 100,000+ per year (1 every 5 minutes!)
Yet most parents lock up their firearms but not their Rx drugs!
17 November 2009, 5:54 pm
email subscriber and I’m interested in this giveaway
17 November 2009, 5:54 pm
I learned that their lockout feature will disable lock for 5 minutes after 5 incorrect tries
17 November 2009, 5:55 pm
subscribe via email
17 November 2009, 5:56 pm
I learned that teenagers are a scary thing to have, since most of them don’t find anything wrong with taking meds without the rx!!!!
17 November 2009, 5:57 pm
http://twitter.com/kngmckellar/status/5810799859
tweeted
(twitter name kngmckellar)
17 November 2009, 5:58 pm
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http://twitter.com/Ardy22/status/5810841941
17 November 2009, 6:00 pm
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17 November 2009, 6:10 pm
Statistics show that 39% of people look in their host’s medicine cabinet.
I have never done that.. weird.
17 November 2009, 7:16 pm
I found out that 39 percent of people look in their hosts medicine cabinet! also it has a Lockout Feature – Disables lock for 5 minutes after 5 incorrect tries.
17 November 2009, 7:16 pm
i subscribe thanks
17 November 2009, 10:32 pm
I found out that nearly one in five (19 percent or 4.5 million) teens has tried prescription medication to get high.
17 November 2009, 11:24 pm
Two in five teens in America agree that Rx medicines are “much safer” to use than illegal drugs, even when not prescribed by a physician.