What do you do with old, left over prescriptions?

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11-23-2011, 12:10 AM

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sandilee

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Our police department has a drop off.

11-23-2011, 05:36 AM

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TanyaL

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Are we to assume that prescription medicine is not biodegradable?

11-23-2011, 07:57 AM

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Mad Mimm

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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!!!

11-23-2011, 08:05 AM

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quilt1950

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Our Kroger pharmacy has a bin.

11-23-2011, 01:27 PM

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bearisgray

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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"

11-24-2011, 05:01 AM

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damaquilts

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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.

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.

11-24-2011, 05:42 AM

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jeank

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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.