If these items are in your medicine cabinet, it's time to throw them away. Here's how to do it safely.

Here's your friendly reminder not to overlook your medicine cabinet in your cleaning routine. 

Just like food, medications and supplements can expire, meaning the products hiding out in your home may not be as safe or effective as you think.

"It's easy for expired medication to go unnoticed because people aren't always in the habit of proactively checking their medication's expiration dates," Stacia Woodcock, pharmacist and pharmacy editor at health care company GoodRx, told CBS News. "Ultimately it doesn't matter when you do your check-in as long as you do it regularly."