Disposal of Expired Medication
August 16th 2007 22:18
I would like to know what the best way of disposing of expired OTC medication, and unused prescription medication is. I have been told a few different things, and they all are somewhat contradictory.
When my grandmother died in April, the pharmacy (connected to a major hospital) I called told me to do this long, laborious process that seemed...like it would just essentially be throwing the pills away. They said to ground up the pills, dissolve them in water, pour the water on coffee grounds or sand, put the sand into a coffee can or some other container, place the container in two plastic bags and throw away. Some day, that will all decompose.
Another Pharmacist told me that his pharmacy will accept unused/expired medication and dispose of them in a hazmat compliant way. Generally, the get incinerated. This seems much better to me, but I can't seem to find a pharmacy near me that will do this. Also, I have an insane amount of old medications...and would be a bit embarrassed to hand them all over. I think I used to be a very bad psych patient...I have a ton of old medication. They did mess with my medications a lot back then, so I would get new prescriptions more often than would have been needed.
Anyway, anyone have any ideas?
When my grandmother died in April, the pharmacy (connected to a major hospital) I called told me to do this long, laborious process that seemed...like it would just essentially be throwing the pills away. They said to ground up the pills, dissolve them in water, pour the water on coffee grounds or sand, put the sand into a coffee can or some other container, place the container in two plastic bags and throw away. Some day, that will all decompose.
Another Pharmacist told me that his pharmacy will accept unused/expired medication and dispose of them in a hazmat compliant way. Generally, the get incinerated. This seems much better to me, but I can't seem to find a pharmacy near me that will do this. Also, I have an insane amount of old medications...and would be a bit embarrassed to hand them all over. I think I used to be a very bad psych patient...I have a ton of old medication. They did mess with my medications a lot back then, so I would get new prescriptions more often than would have been needed.
Anyway, anyone have any ideas?
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