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It's a thing for some.

> first [Canadian] National Prescription Drug Drop-Off Day, which resulted in the return of more than two tonnes of unused medications

> The first is inertia: it takes effort to discard something, but no effort to leave it where it is. The second is a natural inclination to keep something that might be useful later on, particularly if future procurement involves inconvenience or expense.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3191684/

Yeah, it builds up over time. I do not take any medication on a schedule, but over years you stack up ibuprofen and stuff like that.

Every single person I know has a drug drawer with expired drugs.

I always end up with a bunch of extra painkillers after getting dental work done (wisdom teeth removal, gum graft, etc.)

I used to take an as-needed medication that would build up in times when it wasn't needed if I just let the pharmacy autofill everything that "should" be used up.