My meds were more effective right after picking them up, turns out my apartment gets too hot.

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Probably not a problem for everyone but it was a problem I was running into where my meds weren't being as effective towards the bottom of the bottle and then would work great after a refill.

My meds are supposed to be stored between 67F and 77F and my apartment has been routinely getting to around 85F for days (and weeks) at a time and by the time I was getting close to the bottom of the bottle it wasn't really working that well for me.

So I took one of those can fridges and added some temperature control to it to automatically keep it in the temperature range I need and also added a large bag of dessicant in there to keep the humidity low as those little can fridges suck up moisture something fierce.

So basically make sure your meds are stored properly or you'll probably have some additional issues that you really don't need.

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Huh. That’s a good point, I should do something about the hot house I live in. Probably easier doing that than relocating my meds to a different place where I’m guaranteed to never find them again

For me I put the little can fridge on the shelf where I put my glasses so that I have to look at it in the morning, so far I've been having a decent track record for remembering them before I leave for the day.

Though I also have a reminder alarm that goes off on my phone as well lol

Write a note with where you put the meds now, and place that note where you used to put the meds.