[Pharmwaste] RE: Drug DisposeALL

[Volkman, Jennifer (MPCA)]

What! No one sent me a free bottle! Could be because we sort of went over this a couple of months ago and I expressed my displeasure at claims made. We don't accept manufacturer claims. If we did, there wouldn't be any HW generated by anyone, right? If it is a listed drug, it doesn't matter if you play shake and bake with it. These are not drug disposal systems, they are drug nastyizers which make it less likely that someone will consume or sell the drugs put in them. DEA isn't going to approve any of these methods. DEA probably won't disapprove of claims made either. If a clinic or hospital or hospice nurse uses these for a little extra insurance that it could reduce pilfering, then they do that job ok. But it is not a disposal method. I wonder if EPA would make a statement. Maybe they are less strict than MN. 

Have a great weekend everybody!
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From: pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us [pharmwaste-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] on behalf of Lotzer Donna M [DLotzer at uwhealth.org]
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2015 12:52 PM
To: 'pharmwaste at lists.dep.state.fl.us'
Subject: [Pharmwaste] RE: Drug DisposeALL

Imagine that - I was detailed by the local rep for this product and have a bottle sitting here on my desk at this very moment (!).

The one I have is an 8oz bottle...here is the catch...it has an ADSORPTIVE capacity of 3000mg (3GM) which means putting in 6 x 500mg acetaminophen maxes out the capacity of the bottle (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

It contains an unknown amount of charcoal in an unidentified liquid (I will leave it to everyone to visualize the potential for a black mess). When I asked for specifics it was denied. There is an MSDS but it gives almost no information at all. The "test by a major university" they refer to is not a very useful study, and the version I got had a lot of the details redacted, making me more than skeptical (perhaps frustrated is a better word). Then there is the whole issue of tossing the container into the trash/landfill/environment when it is used. Label says it meets DEA, EPA, FDA standards but not sure what that means and again no documentation. I opted to stay away from it but they really wanted me to promote it...said no thanks. Donna

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