[Pharmwaste] Take back presentation - overprescribing

Jaramillo, Jeanie Jeanie.Jaramillo at ttuhsc.edu
Tue Oct 28 12:18:32 EDT 2014


Great question.  We actually limit our events to households due to extensive Texas environmental quality requirements that we would have to follow in order to accept items from businesses.  Plus, we simply do not have the funding to be a free disposal service for pharmacies, physician offices, etc.  But, they do try!  So, when we have large loads come through, we do a visual screening in which we are looking for individual patient labels, pharmacy stock bottles, etc.

 With car 188, all of these items did indeed have individual patient labels.  The first step in our processing once the meds are brought inside is to use paint pens to mark out patient names and Rx numbers, and I was fortunate to be assigned to that station on that day (insert sarcasm here).  I could even tell you their cat's name because it had meds in there too, but I don't want to violate HIPAA!

Jeanie Jaramillo, PharmD
Managing Director, Texas Panhandle Poison Center
Asst. Professor, Texas Tech UHSC School of Pharmacy
1300 S. Coulter St., Suite 105
Amarillo, TX 79106
(office): (806)414-9299
(mobile): (806)376-0039

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From: Jeff Hollar [jhollar at pwaste.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 6:23 AM
To: Jaramillo, Jeanie; pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] Take back presentation - overprescribing

Interesting.  Thanks for sharing.  Overprescribing is a problem.  Regarding Car #188 – Was this actually from an consumer or ultimate user?  I’ve heard of instances where businesses (DEA Registrants) were utilizing the consumer take back programs as a free disposal resource.

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From: pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us [mailto:pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Jaramillo, Jeanie
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 3:18 PM
To: pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us
Subject: [Pharmwaste] Take back presentation - overprescribing

Hello All,

I gave a presentation last week at the National Association of State Controlled Substances Authorities Conference in Savannah.  I presented some of the data that our program has collected over the last 5 years specific to controls.  I am working on a manuscript with a group from Maine at current, but wanted to share with this group in case you are interested.  I believe the info in the charts within this PowerPoint are a strong indicator of the prevalence of over-prescribing; particularly of controlled substances.

Jeanie Jaramillo, PharmD
Managing Director, Texas Panhandle Poison Center
Asst. Professor, Texas Tech UHSC School of Pharmacy
1300 S. Coulter St., Suite 105
Amarillo, TX 79106
(office): (806)414-9299
(mobile): (806)376-0039

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