[Pharmwaste] mail order prescription waste

[gressitt at uninets.net]

Absolutely.
Stevan Gressitt, M.D.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us
> [mailto:pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of
> gressitt at uninets.net
> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 2:36 PM
> To: Volkman, Jennifer
> Cc: pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
> Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] mail order prescription waste
>
> Just to add to this thread a bit more. In the hospice industry, at least
> some of the hospice pharmacies are already getting returns after their
> patient has died. And one can imagine the possible percentage of
> controlled drugs at the end of life?
> Stevan Gressitt, M.D.
>
>
>> Why thank you all for this string.  I don't know why I didn't think of
>
>> it before.  I am going to box up my left-overs and mail them back to
>> the pharm company.  what if we all just add that to our fact sheets
>> for awhile....
>>
>> oh, drat, I suppose they'll just flush them...what if it was like a
>> big ol' moving box full..maybe they'd have to do something more with
> it...
>>
>>
>>  -----Original Message-----
>> From: pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us
>> [mailto:pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Matthew
>
>> Mireles
>> Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 6:36 PM
>> To: 'Michele Berger'; pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
>> Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] mail order prescription waste
>>
>>
>>
>> 	What a brilliant idea!  Unfortunately, not everybody understands
> or
>> believe in stewardship or the precautionary principle.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> 	From: pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us
>> [mailto:pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Michele
>
>> Berger
>> 	Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 8:20 AM
>> 	To: pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
>> 	Subject: [Pharmwaste] mail order prescription waste
>>
>>
>>
>> 	Hi ya'll,
>>
>>
>>
>> 	Why can't we lobby the insurance companies to take care of
>> (destroy) the waste drugs?  They are the ones with the formularies and
>
>> their preffered drug lists that cause all this drug waste to begin
> with.
>> The patient jumps through all their hoops, tries all their ineffectual
>
>> drugs that they want to pay for and in the end the patient has a
>> cupboard of unused drugs.  Let the insurance companies provide a
>> return mail voucher and let them be responsible for destroying the
>> drugs! Let them take responsibility for their ideas of "affordable and
>
>> effectual drug regimens."  And it just doesn't have to be mail order
>> drug companies either this goes for everyone Medicaid, Medicare,
>> Medicare Part D, Private Pays everyone. They can send them to the drug
>
>> companies that pay them and the originators can destroy their own
>> product.  You can't tell me that these drug companies don't have
>> incinerators for their waste.
>>
>>
>>
>> 	Michele Berger
>>
>> 	Mediserv Pharmacy
>>
>> 	Sarasota, Fl.
>>
>>
>>
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