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Old 09-26-2006, 12:32 PM #1
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If you return medication unused, it will be disposed of. Remember the Tylenol tampering some years ago? No one wants a repeat of that.

Flushing them down the toilet is the fastest and safest way of disposal. And don't stop at unused medication, check the expiration date of OTC medication. Get rid of the old stuff, the composition changes with age. You can get very ill, just ask R4E!
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This is gross, but I dump my old coffee grinds and ashes/cigarettes from guests into a can. I put my old pills there and throw them away. I figure nothing 'normal' would want to eat something with coffee grinds and cigarettes in it, so they shouldn't find and eat the pills (I didn't want an animal to eat them).
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leave them in the cupboard for months than take them back to the chemist

hi riva take a look at anthonys pic has he got big

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He sure has ,hope all is going well for you and your family and your enjoying your bigger home.

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Ellie, I read that you toss your meds in a can with coffee grounds etc. Animals will eat it thinking it is food since they are mixed in with other food stuffs. Yikes! Poor anmals! I even cut plastic yogurt etc containers so they will not get their heads stuck in them. Yoplait cups are bad about that. Says it on label.
I was always taught to flush old meds, but they can be of any use to another, the doc's office may know of someone who needs them. The doc knows you both. Tattoo
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Howdy!

I don't think the FDA will let a doctor redistribute meds that
have been accessed by anybody in the general public.
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I recently got a whole month's supply of the regular Depakote by accident. The pharmacy told me to keep them, do whatever I want with them, because they are required to toss any medication that has gone out of the pharmacy if it comes back in.
I'm keeping these around as a backup for a while, since they'll do in a pinch. They'll make me queasy, but keep the szs away.
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