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Posted by deuce224 on June 9, 2006, at 10:28:32
I'm sure doctors would tell me to flush all the meds I have left, but I feel bad throwing away hundreds of dollars of drugs like lamictal, zoloft, nardil, lexapro. Does anyone know if there is a donation organization that gets these drugs out to people who can't afford their prescription? thanks-joe
Posted by Nina78 on June 9, 2006, at 13:12:31
In reply to What to do with leftover MEDS?, posted by deuce224 on June 9, 2006, at 10:28:32
Why don't you take'm back to the pharmacist? They'll know what is still usable and what not, and might even have a charity destination for'm.
Nina
Posted by ed_uk on June 9, 2006, at 13:25:45
In reply to Re: What to do with leftover MEDS?, posted by Nina78 on June 9, 2006, at 13:12:31
Hi
If you take them back to the pharmacy they will almost certainly be sent for incineration.
Ed
Posted by notfred on June 9, 2006, at 13:39:49
In reply to Re: What to do with leftover MEDS?, posted by ed_uk on June 9, 2006, at 13:25:45
Call around to some of the hospices in your area, that is how I found an agency to take them after dad died.
Posted by yxibow on June 10, 2006, at 0:57:37
In reply to What to do with leftover MEDS?, posted by deuce224 on June 9, 2006, at 10:28:32
> I'm sure doctors would tell me to flush all the meds I have left, but I feel bad throwing away hundreds of dollars of drugs like lamictal, zoloft, nardil, lexapro. Does anyone know if there is a donation organization that gets these drugs out to people who can't afford their prescription? thanks-joe
Well you have several options at your disposal. Since your medication will easily have a life of 2 years or more if not kept in damp places or extreme temperatures, you can keep them yourself in case you "revisit" a medication with your doctor and there is little point in forking over more money for the medicine.
Pharmacies will probably destroy them out of liability, because ever since the Tylenol crisis our entire pharmacy, supermarket, and other sources of products that enter our bodies have been wrapped and double wrapped in plastic and seals just so some malajusted person doesn't poison the sterile world we have created with tamper seals.
There are charities that will take medications -- I can't name them because I dont know them specifically but I know I have heard at one point in the past that old medications unneeded can be passed on and if you don't look too shifty I'm sure they will be glad to take your prescription bottle.
An article mentioning thishttp://alamaro.home.comcast.net/New_York_Times_May_18_2005.htm
And for example, the state of Missouri
http://www.senate.state.mo.us/04INFO/bills/SB1160.htm
Some states that have also established donation are mentioned
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/health/drugdisc05.htm
Florida's
http://www.doh.state.fl.us/pharmacy/ddc-general.htm
Anyhow, you get the picture -- some states have created legislation beyond the charity level for such a system, and you would have to merely ask your doctor.
-- tidingsJay
Posted by snapper on June 11, 2006, at 23:49:18
In reply to What to do with leftover MEDS?, posted by deuce224 on June 9, 2006, at 10:28:32
> I'm sure doctors would tell me to flush all the meds I have left, but I feel bad throwing away hundreds of dollars of drugs like lamictal, zoloft, nardil, lexapro. Does anyone know if there is a donation organization that gets these drugs out to people who can't afford their prescription? thanks-joe
I would save them until you know with in a reasonable time that they will no longer be a potential for use in your illness or give them to friends or family who you safely know takes the same thing at thier proper dosage of course!
Snapper
Posted by CEK on June 16, 2006, at 10:42:57
In reply to Re: What to do with leftover MEDS? » deuce224, posted by yxibow on June 10, 2006, at 0:57:37
I kept all my left over meds from the first two months that I was seeing different doctors after I got out of the hospital. When I started to see my first real pdoc out of the hospital, I bagged them up and brought them to him so he could see what all I had be prescribed and what had not worked. I flopped this bag down on his desk and he looked at me like I was indead crazy for keeping them. He began looking through them and said," Boy this is a real mess." I guess because of all the crazy combos other docs had given me and the amount over that amount of time. I just thought it would be helpful for him to know what I had recently been taken. At the end of our session, he told me to through them all out. I didn't because sure enough, I was prescribed some of them again. And of course, discontinued them again.
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