[Pharmwaste] Silent Knight pill crusher

[Stevan Gressitt]

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Silent Knight Pill Crusher - $93.95





Silent Knight Pouches, Box of 1000 - $37.95



Hard for mre to see many families  shelling ou t for one of these things
anyway....

On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 3:10 PM, Grasso, Cheri
<Cheri.Grasso at kingcounty.gov>wrote:

>          Here's the attachment of pills that shouldn't be crushed.
>
> Cheri Grasso
> Pharmaceuticals Project
> Local Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County
> 130 Nickerson Street, Suite 100 | Seattle, WA  98109 | 206-263-3089
> Local Governments for Health and the Environment www.lhwmp.org
> Protect our Kids, Families, the Environment  www.takebackyourmeds.org
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Grasso, Cheri
> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 12:09 PM
> To: 'Tenace, Laurie'; pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
> Cc: 'Margaret Hemauer'
> Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] Silent Knight pill crusher
>
> The Silent Knight pill crusher is designed to allow patients to crush
> pills before taking them. Time release medications should not be crushed.
> Attached is a list of medicines from the Institute for Safe Medication
> Practices that should never be crushed before ingestion.
>
> Crushing medicines, even the non time-release medicines, prior to disposal
> is very risky advice. Because trash cans at the curb are not secure,
> residents have been given advice on how to disguise medicines in an attempt
> to prevent theft.  Some recommendations include crushing the pills before
> mixing them with kitty litter or coffee grounds, but this could be harmful,
> and we hope others stop using this advice. Among other problems, the
> "crusher" could inhale dust from the crushed pills or get the medicine on
> their skin or spill the ground-up pills in their home, exposing other
> family members to the pills.  It is also impractical for large volumes of
> waste medicines. Exposure risk from crushing certain drugs can lead to a
> potential higher, more toxic concentration than the therapeutic doses
> prescribed to the patient.
>
> Cheri
>
> Cheri Grasso
> Pharmaceuticals Project
> Local Hazardous Waste Management Program in King County
> 130 Nickerson Street, Suite 100 | Seattle, WA  98109 | 206-263-3089
> Local Governments for Health and the Environment www.lhwmp.org
> Protect our Kids, Families, the Environment  www.takebackyourmeds.org
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tenace, Laurie [mailto:Laurie.Tenace at dep.state.fl.us]
> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 8:53 AM
> To: pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
> Cc: 'Margaret Hemauer'
> Subject: [Pharmwaste] Silent Knight pill crusher and also need help with
> Colorado drug regs
>
> Can a list serve member in Colorado please contact Margaret Hemauer at
> mhemauer at good-sam.com? She has questions about drug regulations in that
> state.
>
> Margaret also told me about a device I wasn't aware of, the Silent Knight
> pill crusher:
> http://www.healthykin.com/p-3765-silent-knight-pill-crusher.aspx?gclid=CLCblPX4tq0CFdKR7QodbBMelQ
> .
>
>
> Thanks,
> Laurie
>
> Laurie Tenace
> Environmental Specialist III
> Waste Reduction Section
> Florida Department of Environmental Protection
> 2600 Blair Stone Rd., MS 4555
> Tallahassee FL 32399-2400
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> F: 850.245.8811
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-- 
Stevan Gressitt, M.D.
Faculty Associate, University of Maine Center on Aging
Academic Member, Athens Institute for Education and Research
Athens, Greece
Medical Director, Umbrella, MHC
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
314 Clark Road
Unity, Maine, 04988
gressitt at gmail.com
Cell: 207-441-0291
www.benzos.une.edu
www.safemeddisposal.com
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