[Pharmwaste] Thoughts on recent disasters and proper drug donations.

[Stevan Gressitt]

Following the earthquake, tsunami, and disasters in Japan recently as well
as continuing fighting around the Mediterranean, it might be good to check
with the Partnership for Quality Medicine Donations at
http://www.pqmd.org/cms/  as well as well as their page on Japan at:
http://www.pqmd.org/cms/japan_earthquake

A review is available at:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2995193/?tool=pubmed

And the WHO Donation guidelines are at:
http://www.euro.who.int/en/what-we-do/health-topics/emergencies/disaster-preparedness-and-response/policy/drug-donation-guidelines

After every disaster there has been a second tsunami of inappropriate,
useless, or damaged donations that have interfered with actual care. The
PSF-CI film the Second Tsunami documents that well.

There will possibly be efforts to collect consumer pharmaceuticals for
donation, with a potential for diversion as has already happened in the US.

PQMD at the page cited above has a listing of who is doing what for Japan
and elsewhere.



Stevan Gressitt, M.D.
Faculty Associate, University of Maine Center on Aging
Academic Member, Athens Institute for Education and Research
Athens, Greece
Founding Director, International Institute for Pharmaceutical Safety
University of New England, College of Pharmacy
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
University of New England, College of Osteopathic Medicine
716 Stevens Avenue
Portland, Maine 04103
gressitt at gmail.com
Cell: 207-441-0291
www.benzos.une.edu
www.safemeddisposal.com
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