There is a story like this. One day, a middle-aged man walked into the emergency room with the help of his wife. His eyelids and the surrounding area were swollen and blistered, and his eyes were teary and blurry. When the doctor asked him, he was in pain and couldn't speak. His wife answered for him: because he had psoriasis, which had been difficult to cure. A doctor told him that mustard gas is very effective for this condition, so he managed to obtain some mustard gas liquid and put it in an empty eye drop bottle. That day, his eyes were uncomfortable, so he picked up the "eye drops" and put them in his eyes... As a result, the middle-aged man became blind.
There is another family who once stored "DDT" in an empty cough syrup bottle and forgot about it for a long time. One day, their child coughed and mistakenly took the product as cough syrup, resulting in serious consequences.
These two examples are the result of improper storage and labeling of medicines. This phenomenon is not uncommon in daily life. There was a glaucoma patient who put atropine sulfate tablets in a vitamin bottle and later mistakenly took them orally, which not only failed to cure the disease but also worsened the condition. The consequences of such improper storage and labeling of medicines are self-evident.
Therefore, it is important to properly store medicines at home and not take it lightly. In particular, the bottle labels of medicines are very important. For those with original labels, they should be kept clear and intact during storage. For those self-bottled, labels should be promptly attached and never be careless. Medicines should also be kept out of reach of children to prevent accidental ingestion.
