[gumby]

> So what to do?

One thing is not to put medicines, OTC or not, into the trash. They are nasty stuff to have in the dump.

As for the drugs: don’t take analegics if you don’t need to; do if you can’t tolerate the pain. Everybody has a different level of pain and tolerance and I bet the prescription said something along the lines of “...as needed”

As for other prescriptions, do your research; odds are you do need it but not always.