[Pharmwaste] Do Flush list?

Fri Jan 16 10:09:00 EST 2009

Hi Everyone,

Most controlled substances are dispensed by the pharmacy into the common
plastic vials you receive at the drugstore or through mail order,
especially since they are usually not a maintenance med where you'd be
getting the full bottle as packaged by the manufacturer. Those are
already labeled with a C and the appropriate schedule number, II, III,
IV, or IV. So we are back to square one on identification. The real
solution is to get a change in the DEA regulations so they can go back
through a consumer mail back program. 

Best regards, 

Charlotte A. Smith, R. Ph., M.S., HEM
President
PharmEcology Associates, LLC
12229 W. North Ave., Suite 2
Wauwatosa, WI 53226
414-292-3959
414-915-4026(cell)
csmith at pharmecology.com

-----Original Message-----
From: pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Gilliam,
Allen
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 8:59 AM
To: Sue Dayton; Vizzier, Michael; Mindy Rasmussen;
pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] Do Flush list?

Seems it should be a fairly easy effort for the manufacturer to make the
controlled meds' containers a dark red for easy identification for the
consumer even tho different states have different rules on what's
controlled and what's not.  The feds have their national list and the
states can go even further.

The national drug code (NDC) code does not readily identify what the med
is and whether it might be controlled or not.  So, I'm with you, Sue,
folks will/can not easily separate controlled vs non- for proper
disposal.

Just talked to my pharmacist.  In talking about the expiration dates,
some drugs are still effective beyond that date but, she did warn
vitamin C can turn possibly carcinogenic once expired.  Beware, the
vitamins too?

Allen Gilliam
ADEQ State Pretreatment type guy
501.682.0625  

-----Original Message-----
From: pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Sue
Dayton
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 12:24 PM
To: 'Vizzier, Michael'; 'Mindy Rasmussen';
pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] Do Flush list?

My first reaction to this "Do Flush" list is not one that's optimistic.
Considering the plethora of various prescription drugs that are
presubscribed nowadays, with no end in sight, I do not think that people
can be tasked with educating themselves on which drugs can and can't be
flushed.

Will it ever be like taking your motor oil to be disposed of in the
"special" landfill: It's hard to imagine....

Sue Dayton
Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League
North Carolina Healthy Communities Program
PO BOX 44
Saxapahaw, NC 27340
(336) 525-2003
sdayton at swcp.com

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that
matter.
-  Martin Luther King Jr.

-----Original Message-----
From: pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Vizzier,
Michael
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 11:53 AM
To: Mindy Rasmussen; pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] Do Flush list?

Here's a link:
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/drugfact/factsht/proper_disposal.htm
l

-----Original Message-----
From: pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Mindy
Rasmussen
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 8:47 AM
To: pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] Do Flush list?

Does anyone have a copy of the updated "Do Flush" list from the DEA as
it relates to certain controls? I understand that number grew from
around 12 categories.

Mindy Rasmussen, R.Ph.
Executive Director/CEO
Arizona Pharmacy Alliance
1845 E. Southern Ave.
Tempe, AZ 85282
(480) 838-3385 (office)
(480) 838-3557 (fax)
(480) 221-0204 (NEW CELL #)

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