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04-13-2007, 08:13 AM | #1 | |||
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Hi,
What do you do with your extra meds? I put mine in the trash, hoping that they will go to the landfill and eventually deteriorate. (I heard that this may be a bad idea if you have pets who like to go through your trash.) Putting them in the toilet doesn't make sense to me because meds are starting to show up in our water supply. Some people say to bring the meds back to the pharmacy so that they can destroy them. Or we could bring them to a hazardous waste site like we are supposed to do with used toner, computer parts, cell phones, paint cans. I need something simple. Here's an article from Real Age that came to my mailbox. M. http://www.realage.com/news_features...?v=1&cid=17856 Quote:
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04-13-2007, 09:09 AM | #2 | |||
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if a drug doesn't agree with me, I give it to my doctor so he can give it to another patient.
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04-13-2007, 09:34 AM | #3 | |||
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I was putting them in the toilet...never thought about the over all water supply....
~sigh bizi
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04-13-2007, 09:49 AM | #4 | ||
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My pharmacy won't take them. I have given unused meds to family members with similar conditions and that have been prescribed the same meds.
I will keep some for a year, just to make sure that the docs don't prescribe them again and then throw them in the trash (in their bottles) when they expire. Something did not sit well with me about flushing them, but I never once thought of them making it through into our water supply. Distressing thought. |
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04-13-2007, 10:02 AM | #5 | ||
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maybe mrsd will chime in and help with this.
i'm going to send her a little pm...
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04-13-2007, 11:10 AM | #6 | |||
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Wisest Elder Ever
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are to put them in hazardous trash (if you have that in your pick up.)
The other option is to dissolve them in water, and mix with cat litter or sawdust and bag up and put in trash. Flushing them is no longer recommended. They are polluting the waterways around the world and affecting wildlife. They are NOT removed from water treatment facilities. The APhA is now recommending not flushing: As are others: http://www.pollutiononline.com/conte...&VNETCOOKIE=NO
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04-13-2007, 11:49 AM | #7 | |||
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My Doctor always says to just bring them back. I guess they have a way of disposing them properly.
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