[Pharmwaste] New FDA Web Page Lists Disposal Instructions for Select Medicines

Gressitt, Stevan Stevan.Gressitt at maine.gov
Fri Oct 16 15:50:10 EDT 2009


I suspect all we  may get is: http://www.epa.gov/ppcp/faq.html

 

 

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From: Catherine Zimmer [mailto:zimme053 at umn.edu] 
Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 10:19 AM
To: James Hunter
Cc: Gressitt, Stevan; pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Subject: Re: [Pharmwaste] New FDA Web Page Lists Disposal Instructions
for Select Medicines

 

Hi James and all,
FDA provided no evidence related to the safety of these drugs in our
drinking water sources wit this ruling.  I'd like to know just exactly
how safe it is for me and my family, especially children to consume
small doses of these chemicals over a lifetime of drinking water?  How
did FDA make the determination that this is safe? 




Catherine Zimmer
Health Care Specialist
 
Minnesota Technical Assistance Program
University of Minnesota
612.624.4635, 800.247.0015
http://www.mntap.umn.edu
 
Helping Minnesota businesses maximize resource efficiency, increase
energy efficiency, reduce costs, and prevent pollution



James Hunter wrote: 

FDA completed their labeling review for drug product labels with
flushing directions. No new drug substances were added that wasn't
already on the list. Only a few new product brands containing substances
already on the list, generic equivalents of existing, and a few new
dosage forms (dilaudid liquid is one, I think). Onsalis and Embeda, both
high potency Schedule II opiates, are two recent FDA approvals with
patient labeling that recommends flushing unused drug.  All the drugs on
the list contain controlled substances, and most are Schedule II opioids
that could definitely kill a child, and maybe an adult too if they were
your first experience with a opioid-type drug.   

 

Jim Hunter, RPh., MPH

FDA

On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Gressitt, Stevan
<Stevan.Gressitt at maine.gov> wrote:

http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm186598.htm

 

Stevan Gressitt, M.D., Medical Director

Office of Adult Mental Health Services

Department of Health and Human Services

Marquardt Building, 2nd Floor

11 State House Station

32 Blossom Lane

Augusta, ME  04333-0011

Ph: (207)287-4273

Fax: (207)287-1022

Cell Phone: (207) 441-0291

E-Mail : stevan.gressitt at maine.gov <mailto:stevan.gressitt at maine.gov> 

http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/mh/ <http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/mh/> 

 

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