There have become measurable amounts of human meds in the water.
Therefore, they should not be flushed, burned, nor put into landfill with
the rest of the trash. It is actually illegal to give them to anybody
else, 'sposedly due to worries about tampering, or quality control due to
improper storage, etc. (or maybe those laws are just to protect pharm
profits?)


We certainly wouldn't want to advocate committing illegal acts of
kindness, charity, nor common sense.

But, hopefully, somebody else on the list who is familiar with those
particular meds will volunteer to properly destroy and dispose of them.
Fortunately, there are a number of people on this list who use Asacol, and
know the best ways to get rid of them (although there are often pieces of
the Asacol capsules that make it through the destruction process)

When sending them to somebody else for destruction, send them in their
original bottles, and put the bottles in a plastic bag, in case rough
handling in the post breaks some open. Remove or overwrite and destroy
the prescription number and name of the original owner, but leave the
destroy by date, dosage, and med description intact.

--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin@...

On Sun, 27 Apr 2008, Eve wrote:
> I have been experiencing a major flare up and my doctor has once again
> changed my meds.
> Now my dilema: I have 10 sealed unopen bottles of Asacol that I can not
> use, my doctor can't take them and the pharmacy will only throw away.
> I hate to see all these go to waste. Does anyone know of some way I
> can get these to someone who can use them. Maybe someone who has a hard
> time paying for there meds.
> I would appreciate any suggestions.