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What do you do with old, left over prescriptions?

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Old 11-23-2011, 12:10 AM
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Our police department has a drop off.
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Old 11-23-2011, 05:36 AM
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Are we to assume that prescription medicine is not biodegradable?
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Old 11-23-2011, 07:57 AM
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Our local police take them too. Our local pharmacies charge a fee to dispose of them. PD will take them for free. Thanks for being a responsible steward of our planet!!!
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Old 11-23-2011, 08:05 AM
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Our Kroger pharmacy has a bin.
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Old 11-23-2011, 01:27 PM
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Just called our nearest CVS - they do NOT take old meds - they do sell an envelope for $5.00 that can be mailed to "a central location"
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Old 11-24-2011, 05:01 AM
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I am lucky I dont' have any the one time I did it was old dog prescriptions and the Walgreens I think took them to dispose of. I know we don't need anymore antibiotics etc in our ground or water. Any of the pain meds I had from surgery I kept ahold of they are all gone. All I have now is some Flexiril and that will be used up.
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Old 11-24-2011, 05:30 AM
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From Salt Lake City Utah, Our sheriff's offices take them. I took a zip lock plastic bag full there a while back. Don't know how they dispose of them from there.
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Old 11-24-2011, 05:42 AM
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when I went off coumidin, the visiting nurse told me to pour cooking oil on them and tape the container shut, then it could go into the trash. I put it in with some kitchen garbage.
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Old 11-24-2011, 09:02 AM
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Our local police department has a receptacle for them. I understand that the pharmacies will also take them.
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Old 11-24-2011, 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by TanyaL View Post
Are we to assume that prescription medicine is not biodegradable?
I think the point is to keep them from ending up back in our water sources.
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