Summary
Unused drugs clutter medicine chests, sometimes leading to confusion and accidental overdoses. They can also be a target for thieves looking for prescription drugs and when thrown or flushed away, they end up in streams and lakes. A University of Maine pilot disposal program will help address these problems.
As important as finding better ways to dispose of unused medicine is finding out why so many drugs go unused. The UMaine project includes a sampling of the types and quantities of drugs collected. This information can help doctors and pharmacists reduce the amount of medication that goes unused. In addition to reducing the disposal problem, this could save consumers money.See the full content of this document
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Disposing of Drugs
In 2004, the Maine Legislature passed a bill creating an unused pharmaceuticals disposal program. The program could acc...
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