[Pharmwaste] "Medication sharing, storage, & disposal practice..." New study in JAMA Internal Medicine

[Ed Gottlieb]

http://www.medicaldaily.com/prescription-painkiller-opioid-drugs-drug-abuse-389426
News story reporting on paper published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

"researchers analyzed data on 1,032 American adults who had used prescription painkillers in the past year. About half (592) of the participants were no longer taking the meds"

"six in ten patients prescribed painkiller drugs ended up with extra pills"

"almost half of the people involved in their survey didn’t know how to safely keep their medicine at home"

"Less than seven percent of participants used the “take back<http://www.medicaldaily.com/us-widens-program-dispose-prescription-drugs-301852>” programs that allow patients to return leftover pills to pharmacies, police, or the Drug Enforcement Administration."

"one in five of the participants had shared their meds with another person"

Kennedy-Hendricks A, Gielen A, McDonald E, McGinty E, Shields W, Barry C. Medication sharing, storage, and disposal practice among U.S. adults with recent opioid medication use. JAMA Internal Medicine , 2016.

Ed Gottlieb
Chair, Coalition for Safe Medication Disposal
Industrial Pretreatment Coordinator
Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility
525 3rd Street
Ithaca, NY  14850
(607) 273-8381
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