I've always done the same, but not next to the sink. You can put them anywhere in the kitchen where there's room. Get a pretty tin or basket, for instance. Do you have a spare drawer?

I guess, the first question is where else is there room? And how much room do you need?

Ya, I keep mine in the kitchen. I've actually never really understood the philosophy of keeping medicines in the bathroom. We always take them in the kitchen so why not keep them there? I have a fairly small/narrow upper cabinet between the microwave and the sink and it's the perfect place for meds.

I agree with plllog: You can put them anywhere in the kitchen where there's room. Just like anything else, the best place to store something is as close as possible to where you'll need to use it.

Tw ideas would be a big plastic bowl to hold medications and those clear plastic shoe boxes for other items. The clear shoe boxes stack well and look tidy in a cabinet.

We keep some in the kitchen, some in each bathroom, some in the bags I tote around. Mostly in the kitchen except when someone has a cold. Then I take a bottle of liquid meds and measuring cups to keep in a nearby bathroom, but when all are feeling better, the meds go back to the kitchen. If you have kids, the only requirement is out of reach. But besides that I don't think it matters; wherever is most convenient. In fact, meds and med cups are on my kitchen inventory list. They will still be in an upper cabinet near the fridge, probably still in the clear plastic boxes with lids that they are in now.

I keep all that stuff in the 1st floor bathroom closet since that's where we use it, but you could use a rubbermaid container anywhere in your kitchen. Just keep meds away from heat, i.e., don't store them over your fridge or venthood.

I am a pharmaceutical chemist and I study the shelf life of medications. Please do not store your meds in the bathroom if you shower there (a downstairs powder room is ok). The heat and humidity of a normal bathroom can cause certain meds to "spoil" faster. In the kitchen, any cool, dry, convenient space is good - I keep ours in an upper cabinet away from the windows and appliances.

We keep ours in a basket on one of the shelves in the pantry cabinet. It's on a higher shelf so the basket makes it easier because I can just pull the whole thing down easily and set it on the counter to look inside instead of climbing up there. Plus it prevents stuff from getting tossed all over, even when it's a mess at least it's contained.

Oh johnliu I wish you were my neighbor. The last time we had a boo boo my husband fixed it with toilet tissue and athletic tape.

On topic: I keep meds on a small lazy susan in a high cabinet.

Just remember, if you leave prescription medications anywhere a guest can access them unseen, at least one bozo will take some. Don't ask how I know.

Good point, marcolo.

And, if you have friends with drug/medical knowledge, they can poke around your medicine cabinet and learn all about your conditions. You always wondered why, that evening, conversation around the dinner table mysteriously turned to yeast infections.

I have a very rigid hierarchy for medications. The guest b ath has aspirin, ibuprofen, band-aids, Tums--all the medications you'd ever need for the mild and transitory ailments of Pleasantville.

The good stuff is in the master bat h. And nobody gets in there. Well, that one time.