[Pharmwaste] Re: Pharmwaste Digest, Vol 17, Issue 5

[William More]

So if we look at this list:>

> Excretion Percentages - Top 10 US Pharmaceuticals in 2003 by Sales
> Lipitor  - cholesterol reduction - < 2% excreted
> Zocor - cholesterol reduction - < 0.5% excreted
> Prevacid - ulcers - < 1% excreted
> Procrit - anemia - < 5% excreted
> Zyprexa - antipsychotic - 7% excreted
> Epogen - anemia -  < 5% excreted
> Nexium - acid reflux - < 1% excreted
> Zoloft - antidepressant - 14% excreted
> Celebrex - anti-inflammatory - < 3% excreted
> Neurontin - antiseizure - 100% excreted
> Leading OTC drug: Ibuprofen - 10% excreted
 
 What happens to these drugs in a typical municipal waste water treatment plant(WWTP)?
 
Does anyone have numbers for the birth control/hormone materials? (top ten prescriptions,% excreted, reduction by WWTP)???
 
 
 
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