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Children Seen in the Emergency Room due to getting into Medications
We created the Razbag for several reasons. First and foremost we want to keep medications out of the hands of children. We found the following statistics at: https://www.safekids.org “About 165 young kids every day − or roughly four school busloads of children − are seen in emergency rooms after getting into...

Can you easily locate your medicine or are your medications all over the house?
What do you have to do to find your medications? I can tell you what I used to do. I would look first in the kitchen, then go to the medicine cabinet in the bathroom, then I would look in my nightstand, eventually finding my medicine in one...

Over the counter Medicine can be enticing to curious children
We don’t always think of the following things as dangerous; Diaper rash ointments, first aid creams, vitamins or eye drops. But to a curious child, these can be very dangerous and need to be kept out of reach, in a lockable prescription bag. We often require doses of...

Home Robberies looking for Pain Medications
Several years ago we had a rash of break-ins in our neighborhood. What were these thieves looking for? Not jewelry or expensive electronics… They were only in search of pain medications! In many homes, these drug addicts found just what they were looking for. And where did they look;...

Bathrooms - Most common place in homes to keep medications
Why are medicine cabinets found in bathrooms in homes? First- if a stranger was to break into your home looking for prescription drugs, that is the first place they would look for medications. Second- it is one of the WORST places to store medications! According to Mary Jayne Kennedy, MD...

Family Pets digesting OUR medications, what happens next?
To those of us who own pets, we know that these furry creatures are members of our families. Did you know that thousands of pets are rushed to veterinary clinics each year because of an unintentional overdose of OUR medications? The costs of those visits can be staggering! I know...

Opioid addiction is a nationwide epidemic.
Opioid addiction is a nationwide epidemic. The numbers are staggering and deaths have quadrupled since 1999. From 1999-2015 more than 183,000 people have died in the U.S. from overdoses related to prescription opioids. While pain medications certainly have their place and very needed by some. It is important that those...