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donnaferguson Posts: 1234
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I have cymbalta and savella and I can't take them are we just supposed to throw them away. I hate wasting them but I don't want to get in trouble. how is everyone doing? I just watched the crazies and that was a little SCARY!!!!! sure have missed everyone. My shrink just put me on lamictal for bipolar and it is working for me, and quess what the only side effect is DEATH when she told me that I said and you want to give that to me? but no side effects. hugs to all Donna
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Auntie3285 Posts: 9113
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Hi Donna  Good to see you here ~~~ Glad to read that you re feeling better and pray that it continues. I m taking an afternoon break ~~~ Have been pretty busy since this morning, catching up with odds and ends and checking out the garden. Going to work later this afternoon until near midnight or whenever I can get out of there again . Pray the A/C continues to function as it should ~~~ I ve been trying to stay inside to escape the miserable heat and humidity for that last couple of months ...LOL !!! Not easy to do this time of year ~~~ Marilyn |
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MissStacey Posts: 14843
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I normally flush unused pills if they are filled scripts any unused, unopened samples I give back to my dr. I suffer from Rapid Progressive MS, Lupus, Fibromyalgia, Epilepsy, Migraines, Neuropathy, IBS, Narcolepsy, Arrythmia, Arthritis and too much more complete list on profile.
"Just because we have the right to disagree with a person, does NOT give us the right to disrespect that person."
I'm not currently active due to many personal and medical issues. I will not be participating in MDJ for awhile, my thoughts and prayers are with everyone. I hope everyone is well and I appreciate all of the thoughts, kind words and messages. I have tried to respond as much as possible and apologize if I have not gotten back to everyone. Love & Hugs, Stacey |
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mjcolenc Posts: 396
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I flush unused and out dated pills. Fibromyalgia, High Blood Pressure, Hypothyroidism/Hashimotos disorder, Asthma, Osteopeenia in back and Osteoporosis in hips, Osteoarthritis and neuropathy in right hand, IBS, arthritis, eye floaters and cataracts.
Levoxothyroxine
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RedGirl Posts: 1594
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Oh! Please don't flush unused pills. You can probably return them to the pharmacy and ask them to dispose of them properly. Or ask your doctor to take care of them. Some hospitals will also take them for proper disposal. If they are flushed they go into our water system and can't always be filtered out as well as we'd hope. Many hugs! Red I am not a doctor or a lawyer. Any comments, posts, or responses I might make are made solely from my life experiences and are not intended in any way to be medical or legal advice so please do not take it as such.
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MissStacey Posts: 14843
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I was told to flush them for safety. I now need to figure out what to do with 2 months worth of unused Copaxone injections, def can't flush those. I will probably bring them to the pharmacy to dispose.  I suffer from Rapid Progressive MS, Lupus, Fibromyalgia, Epilepsy, Migraines, Neuropathy, IBS, Narcolepsy, Arrythmia, Arthritis and too much more complete list on profile.
"Just because we have the right to disagree with a person, does NOT give us the right to disrespect that person."
I'm not currently active due to many personal and medical issues. I will not be participating in MDJ for awhile, my thoughts and prayers are with everyone. I hope everyone is well and I appreciate all of the thoughts, kind words and messages. I have tried to respond as much as possible and apologize if I have not gotten back to everyone. Love & Hugs, Stacey |
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RedGirl Posts: 1594
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Flush it used to always be the advice given. Now docs are telling us not to do that anymore. More and more confusion. I'm told our local hospital destroys unused medications by incinerating them which also seems strange to me. I don't know how other places dispose of them. I think doc's offices send them out with their other medical waste but I'm not sure of that. So -- what to do, what to do...........  Love ya! Red I am not a doctor or a lawyer. Any comments, posts, or responses I might make are made solely from my life experiences and are not intended in any way to be medical or legal advice so please do not take it as such.
"Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend."
Plautus
"The language of friendship is not words but meanings."
Henry David Thoreau
"Life is hard. After all, it kills you."
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Hi Donna, My daughter takes lamictal and it works very well for her. She did need to watch for a rash at first which could be deadly so I am assuming that is was you are talking about. That freaked my daughter out just a bit. Traci |
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Redgirl is right! Flushing is no longer the method to follow. Turn them in to the pharmacy and GET A RECEIPT!! That way you can account for your pills, and everything is kept "kosher"!! LOL You are correct again Redgirl. In my office, disgarded meds and expired samples had to go to the medical waste company. The nurses would have "pill popping fridays", when they would open exp. samples and have to pop each blister and take out the pill!! Then put it in the receptacle to be incinerated. Post edited by: bittersweetlife, at: 08/05/2010 06:48 PM |
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MissStacey Posts: 14843
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Oh well too late I don't have anymore to dispose of. I guess the consensus is give them to the pharmacy to probably redistribute. Lovely thought!  I suffer from Rapid Progressive MS, Lupus, Fibromyalgia, Epilepsy, Migraines, Neuropathy, IBS, Narcolepsy, Arrythmia, Arthritis and too much more complete list on profile.
"Just because we have the right to disagree with a person, does NOT give us the right to disrespect that person."
I'm not currently active due to many personal and medical issues. I will not be participating in MDJ for awhile, my thoughts and prayers are with everyone. I hope everyone is well and I appreciate all of the thoughts, kind words and messages. I have tried to respond as much as possible and apologize if I have not gotten back to everyone. Love & Hugs, Stacey |
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