- Overview
- Fire Safety At Home
- Inside The Home
- - Alcohol
- - Bedtime Checks
- - Candles, Lights And Decorations
- - Carbon Monoxide
- - Cooking Safely
- - Drugs
- - Electrical Safety
- - Escape Plans
- - Independent Living
- - Medicine
- - Oxygen Therapy
- - Smoke Alarms
- - Smoking
- Outside The Home
- - Barbecue
- - Bonfires
- - Camping And Caravanning
- - Fireworks
- If You Have A Fire
- - After The Fire
- Community Fire Safety
- Business Fire Safety
Taking Medicine
Some medicines can make you sleepy which means you may sleep through your smoke alarm or do things that can put you at more risk of fire.
- Ask your doctor if your medicine will make you sleepy.
- Take your medicine after you have finished cooking.
- Never leave cooking unattended.
- Make sure all cigarettes are properly put out before you go to sleep.
- Take old or unused medicines back to the chemist or doctors to get rid of them safely and without harming the environment.
- Ask your chemist for help in understanding what your medicine is for and how to take it.
If you feel ill and need help call NHS Direct 0845 4647.