Between medicines for heart function, thyroid, reflux and allergies, we spend lots of time at the pharmacy!! They know us well there :-) With Jacob's medicines we have to be very careful that each of the many doctors we go to know all the medicines he's on so they don't prescribe something that interacts badly with one he's already on. And we have to put them in a cabinet high enough so that he can't reach them.
Well...We just moved into our new house... YAY!!!! Unpacking boxes and boxes and boxes :-) . When we first moved from NC, friends helped us pack so it was interesting to open the boxes. I found a whole bunch of old medicine this week and right now it's sitting in the basement. I've never really thought about what to do with old medicine, have you? So I looked it up and the FDA gives instructions on what to do with old medicine:
Disposal in Household TrashI admit I've never thought about how to dispose of medicine or the effects of throwing it away.
If no medicine take-back program is available in your area, you can also follow these simple steps to dispose of most medicines in the household trash:1
- Mix medicines (do NOT crush tablets or capsules) with an unpalatable substance such as kitty litter or used coffee grounds;
- Place the mixture in a container such as a sealed plastic bag; and
- Throw the container in your household trash.
- Before throwing out your empty pill bottle or other empty medicine packaging, remember to scratch out all information on the prescription label to make it unreadable.
Did you know that some pharmacies take back drugs? I didn't either. Find one here!
Want to know about the side effects of drugs or find out whether a drug has been recalled?
Here is a good site to visit.
I'm so tired!! Is it bedtime yet :-)
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