i LOVE LOVE LOVE my BD needle clipper.

its about the size of a mans thumb. I snap off the needle and the rest goes in the trash! no more big red buckets. no more wondering what to do with it.

(btw my MD would take mine if I asked very nicely and made it a non public request) The ER can take it AND your local rescue squad. If you have a volunteer town, your taxes pay for the sharps disposal from all residents in most states. The local clinics will also take um. My trash dump says SEAL it with duct taped and make sure it was marked well and bring it to them. As long as it was well sealed they would take it there for a $2 fee.

get a needle nipper, they hold over one thousand needles! best investment ever!

I haven't been taking a DMD since we moved here almost a year ago. When I lived in FLA., I was lucky enough to work in a physician's office and I simply brought mine in and we had it picked up with the office sharps. When I was in the Antegren study and I was also using Avonex, they collected our Sharps for us at the Infusion Center.

I suppose you ought to call your county health department and check what the local codes are for sharps waste disposal. It has never been a problem for me fortunately.

Depends on your community. As I said, only the county health dept. will take a Sharps container in mine.

I will probably try a BD clipper when my current container is full.

~ Faith

ask your pharmacythey should have a place to drop it off at.
I use a sunnyD bottle to put mine in.
But I used to use a huge foldgers plasic can with a small hole in the top. it took bout 6 months to be full.

I think I'll ask my regular doctor about it. Maybe when I go in for a B12 shot, maybe I can get them to take it.

Or, I'll ask my dad to take it to work with him, maybe he can sneak it into the hospital's sharps disposal.

I wonder if my aunt would take it to her hospital, she's always getting the (empty, brand new) hazardous waste bags to use as gift bags at Xmas time. She could sneak it into the disposal cart when she's snatching the (empty) hazardous waste bags.

I'll probably be visiting my regular doctor in a few days (sore leg feels like I tore my PCL or something in the knee when I fell last week) I bet he would take it.

thanks for the information about the needle nipper, i have not seen one of those before- i use the 11Litre sharps containers and if i was only putting the actual needle in it, one container would last for years!

I use a left over laundry detergent bottle and put it in the trash can after tapeing it with duct tape. I have OK'd this with the city. It was a home health nurse that suggested it.