Keep them in a safe place! We now have ours in a safe. GC od'd a few months back. I never would have expected it of her. We were on the road coming back from St L at the time. Thank God she called 988.I can't take strong pain pills. I've gone ahead and gotten them after surgeries, but didn't use them. I save them also. The hard pill can last years. Liquid pills not so long.