I have some medication, syringes and IV supplies left after my surgery and it's time to get rid of them. My husband is very environment cautious and says that I should not just throw them away in garbage, but to properly dispose of it. Do I take it to a local pharmacy? What did other people do with meds they didn't need?
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I took a bunch of my medications to the county sheriff's department-- they sometimes have special days to turn in medicines but probably will take them any time. The police don't want legal drugs out there where kids can get their hands on them (from Grandma's medicine cabinet, etc.). It's wrong to flush them down the toilet as it pollutes. I really don't know that the pharmacist can do anything with them. I would call your local police department and ask, but that is me. (smile)71 and plugging along... but having some problems
2007 52° w/ severe lumbar stenosis & L2L3 lateral listhesis (side shift)
5/4/07 posterior fusion T2-L4 w/ laminectomies and osteotomies @L2L3, L3L4
Dr. Kim Hammerberg, Rush Univ. Medical Center in Chicago
Corrected to 15°
CMT (type 2) DX in 2014, progressing
10/2018 x-rays - spondylolisthesis at L4/L5 - Dr. DeWald is monitoring
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I have had patients bring in old needles and meds for us to dispose of. We put them in the bio-hazard where it is locked and cannot be removed. Please do not throw away, that is dangerous as is flushing. Most medical offices or EMT units will happily destroy it for you.Diagnosed at age 12 with a double major curve
Braced till age 15
SSBOB T12-L2 Anterior age 34. (October 22,2012) Dr. Robert Gaines Jr. ( Columbia, MO)
Revision Surgery T2-Sacrum with Pelvic Fixation Prosterior age 35 (November 13,2013) Dr. Michael Kelly (St. Louis, MO)
Revision Surgery L4/L5 due to BMP Complication age 36 (November 20,2014) Dr. Michael Kelly (St. Louis, Mo)
Revision Surgery due to broken rod scheduled for October 19, 2016 with Dr. Michael Kelly (St. Louis, MO)
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Originally posted by Susie*Bee View PostI took a bunch of my medications to the county sheriff's department-- they sometimes have special days to turn in medicines but probably will take them any time. The police don't want legal drugs out there where kids can get their hands on them (from Grandma's medicine cabinet, etc.). It's wrong to flush them down the toilet as it pollutes. I really don't know that the pharmacist can do anything with them. I would call your local police department and ask, but that is me. (smile)
MelissaMelissa
Fused from C2 - sacrum 7/2011
April 21, 2020- another broken rod surgery
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I returned my Oxycontin to the pharmacy from where they came. They said they are sent to third world countries.Surgery March 3, 2009 at almost 58, now 63.
Dr. Askin, Brisbane, Australia
T4-Pelvis, Posterior only
Osteotomies and Laminectomies
Was 68 degrees, now 22 and pain free
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Originally posted by JenniferG View PostI returned my Oxycontin to the pharmacy from where they came. They said they are sent to third world countries.Melissa
Fused from C2 - sacrum 7/2011
April 21, 2020- another broken rod surgery
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any pharmaceutical company that dispensed syringes should have
sent you a sharps container for used needles...and should have a
phone number to call for them to pick up the container when it is filled
with your used sharps....there should be a phone number to call for
a sharps pick up...
the other meds...either call the same pharmaceutical company....
or call the town you live in and ask which days a year they allow
for dangerous materials to be turned in to the town...
or as someone else suggested, the police department could
probably answer those questions...
as for actual medication....my pharmacist told me the same...that he cannot
take back medication, legally.
my doctor is more likely to take back unused meds to give to those who can
not afford them...or to forward to an organization that gets the meds validated
and sent to poor countries...
jessLast edited by jrnyc; 08-13-2013, 08:29 PM.
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