Nascarcruzin
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A year, or so, ago, I had asked the members on the wonderful forum if they knew of a place to donate unused medicine. Also, I searched the internet and could find nothing. While at the doctors office, this week, I asked him and he said I could donate the meds to the underprivileged by leaving them in his office. I am delighted to do this, instead of flushing them.
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Gale Hawkins
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I wonder if they understood your request?
If medicine is not in a factory sealed container the liability would be TOO great for a doctor to give them to another person.
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RRUGG
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Regardless of the reason for not taking all of the prescription, they should NEVER be flushed. If done, they'll get in a city water supply. If living in the country, they'll get into the ground water. Flushing meds is a VERY BAD idea!!!
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My thoughts exactly....to easy to "taint" the meds, especially the capsule types.
If I was the Dr., I would also be asking why they didn't use the entire prescription, as prescribed. People who stop taking their meds, when they feel better, are actually setting themselves up for future problems, as they aren't following the entire regiment, as directed.
Your Dr. may be trying to make you feel better, by telling you that he'll get them to some underprivileged people....but I'm guessing that he's dumping them!
It was a nice thought though...
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Our local Sheriff station has some of the old style mailboxes in front of the station. They are marked for prescription drugs no longer needed, Needles, and other hazardous items.
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In Canada we are requested to take any unused meds to any pharmacy for disposal. Although not a legal requirement, in my humble opinion it should be. Firstly, to protect our water resources(scarce as they may be), but also to keep meds out of the hands of mis-users, or abusers, for lack of a better term. Too often we read about kids and teens getting hold of prescription meds and even not knowing what they are, swallowing them down for kicks. The doctor that the OP refers to may be turning the meds over to a pharmacy or other disposal organisation. JMHO
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some people stop taking a med because the dr changed the meds to another.
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deltamaster
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When I was a military medical technician we were instructed to have patients return unused medications to either the doctor's office or the pharmacy. If they brought them to the doctor then we would eventually give them to the pharmacy. The pharmacy would dispose of them properly.
You are right. You should not flush mmeds.
I recently saw a news report where a municipal water supply was found to be tainted with high concentrations of estrogen which was traced back to improper medication disposal.
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Nascarcruzin
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PapPappy wrote:If I was the Dr., I would also be asking why they didn't use the entire prescription, as prescribed. People who stop taking their meds, when they feel better, are actually setting themselves up for future problems, as they aren't following the entire regiment
I had a reaction to the cholesterol meds and the other did not help me. One was sealed, one was not. He seemed delighted to get them.
Actually, I have never flushed any drugs. I had 6 mos supply of Boniva which I no longer had to take and they burned in the mh, last year.
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Gale Hawkins
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RRUGG wrote:Regardless of the reason for not taking all of the prescription, they should NEVER be flushed. If done, they'll get in a city water supply. If living in the country, they'll get into the ground water. Flushing meds is a VERY BAD idea!!!
Where do they wind up if you give them to a drug user (legal or otherwise)?
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