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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#002060'>I have another theory. Just as we’ve seen a surge in
abandoned household waste, we might also be seeing the result of closure or
abandonment of convenience stores or any type of store that carries OTC’s.
An acquaintance of mine was hired as part of a crew to clean out a few
Hollywood Video stores. Being a dumpster diver by nature, he came home
with a large sack of videos (none of them good). The inside of his truck
looks like a flea market jam packed with other stuff he’s collected doing
this type of work. Unless his experience is not the norm, these crews are typically
made up of illegals and others that are paid cash daily for their work. They
scrap and recycle whatever has value, keep what they want and dispose of some.
Could be another source. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us [mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Barry Fernandez<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 24, 2010 9:18 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Sue Dayton; Matthew C. Mireles; Gressitt,Stevan;
pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us; rxnews@listserve.com<br>
<b>Cc:</b> linkfilion@communityofcompetence.com; easmith@communityofcompetence.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Pharmwaste] FW: Google Alert - unused medicine disposal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Stockpiles of
expired OTC meds can only be coming from one of very few places. Disposal
facilities or reverse distributors. I'm not suggesting that the
businesses themselves are involved in the diversion, but as with any business,
inventory sometines tends to "leak" at the hands of employees.
If I were you I'd get in touch with the agency tasked with regulating drugs and
cosmetics in your state. In Florida it happens to be the Department of
Health, division of Medical Quality Assurance (MQA). They can track where
the meds originated using the lot numbers. Expired is one thing, but if
these medications were recalled for some reason the risk to the unsuspecting
public could be deadly in some cases.<br>
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Best Regards,<br>
Barry<br>
<br>
Clean Fuels of Florida, Inc.<br>
D. Barry Fernandez, President<br>
2635 NE 4th Avenue<br>
Pompano Beach, FL 33064<br>
Tel: 954-791-9588<br>
Fax: 954-791-9366<br>
Cell: 305-216-4941<br>
Toll Free: 800-725-8711<br>
barry@clean-fuels.net <<a href="mailto:barry@clean-fuels.net">mailto:barry@clean-fuels.net</a>><br>
www.clean-fuels.net <<a href="http://www.clean-fuels.net/">http://www.clean-fuels.net/</a>> <br>
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________________________________<br>
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From: Sue Dayton [<a href="mailto:sdayton@swcp.com">mailto:sdayton@swcp.com</a>]<br>
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 9:29 AM<br>
To: 'Matthew C. Mireles'; 'Gressitt,Stevan'; pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us;
rxnews@listserve.com<br>
Cc: linkfilion@communityofcompetence.com; easmith@communityofcompetence.com<br>
Subject: RE: [Pharmwaste] FW: Google Alert - unused medicine disposal<br>
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I just went to a flea market in SC outside of Columbia. SAME deal. There was at
least 3 troughs (2’ x 10 ‘) holding mountains, piled on top of each
other, of various over-the-counter meds. I was flabbergasted! <br>
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Where are they getting these? <br>
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Sue Dayton<br>
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Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League<br>
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North Carolina Healthy Communities Program<br>
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PO BOX 44<br>
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Saxapahaw, NC 27340<br>
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(336) 525-2003<br>
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sdayton@swcp.com<br>
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Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that
matter. - Martin Luther King Jr.<br>
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________________________________<br>
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From: pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us [<a
href="mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us">mailto:pharmwaste-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us</a>]
On Behalf Of Matthew C. Mireles<br>
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 2:30 PM<br>
To: Gressitt,Stevan; pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us; rxnews@listserve.com<br>
Cc: linkfilion@communityofcompetence.com; easmith@communityofcompetence.com<br>
Subject: Re: [Pharmwaste] FW: Google Alert - unused medicine disposal<br>
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We have been receiving very interesting stories about unused and expired
medicines through our new patient safety reporting system called Share Our
Stories (S.O.S.). One in particular deals with unused and expired
meds (UEMs) showing up at a weekend flea market... <br>
<br>
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S.O.S. is an anonymous system for patients and families to report medical
adverse experiences as well as give us good suggestions about patient safety
and healthcare outcomes. However, most of the reports that we have
received involved adverse medication events (drug interactions) or side effects
that presumably caused the patient to discontinue the meds (non-adherence) and
stockpile them at home or work.<br>
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Excerpt from original story:<br>
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I recently went to a local flea market and found many vendors selling medicine.
They ranged from tylenol, pepcid, zyrtec, prevacid, to robitussin. Some of the
medication, in fact most of it was expired. Some of the med boxes had certain
parts of the box torn off. Some of the boxes had a statement that " The
makers of Pepcid Complete od not manufacture store brands." I would like
to know what the quote means and would also like to know what pottential risks
there are to taking expired meds. I am a senior nursing major and medicine is a
big part of what<br>
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I recently went to a local flea market and found many vendors selling medicine.
They ranged from tylenol, pepcid, zyrtec, prevacid, to robitussin. Some of the
medication, in fact most of it was expired. Some of the med boxes had certain
parts of the box torn off. Some of the boxes had a statement that " The
makers of Pepcid Complete od not manufacture store brands." I would like
to know what the quote means and would also like to know what pottential risks
there are to taking expired meds. I am a senior nursing major and medicine is a
big part of what I do. This recent discovery troubles me. Please help. Thank
you for your time.<br>
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Matthew C. Mireles, PhD, MPH<br>
<br>
Community Medical Foundation for Patient Safety<br>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: "Gressitt, Stevan"<br>
Sent: Mar 21, 2010 6:26 PM<br>
To:
pharmwaste@lists.dep.state.fl.us, rxnews@listserve.com<br>
Subject: [Pharmwaste] FW: Google
Alert - unused medicine disposal<br>
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I would be interested if anyone runs
into any other examples of this.<br>
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<br>
Stevan Gressitt, M.D., Medical
Director<br>
<br>
Office of Adult Mental Health
Services<br>
<br>
Department of Health and Human
Services<br>
<br>
Marquardt Building, 2nd Floor<br>
<br>
11 State House Station<br>
<br>
32 Blossom Lane<br>
<br>
Augusta, ME 04333-0011<br>
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Ph: (207)287-4273<br>
<br>
Fax: (207)287-1022<br>
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Cell Phone: (207) 441-0291<br>
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E-Mail : stevan.gressitt@maine.gov<br>
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REDBRIDGE: Warning over bogus
medicine collections <<a
href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/5074038.REDBRIDGE__Warning_over_bogus_medicine_collections/&ct=ga&cad=7:1:0&cd=g0eIVl7uMXE&usg=AFQjCNFaI0W-njiVy2MmpHXVITwQa-T3Zg">http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/5074038.REDBRIDGE__Warning_over_bogus_medicine_collections/&ct=ga&cad=7:1:0&cd=g0eIVl7uMXE&usg=AFQjCNFaI0W-njiVy2MmpHXVITwQa-T3Zg</a>><br>
Guardian Series<br>
People with any concerns or
questions on the scam or on the disposal of medicines should speak to their GP
or local pharmacist. ...<br>
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See all stories on this topic <<a
href="http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/5074038.REDBRIDGE__Warning_over_bogus_medicine_collections/&hl=en">http://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/5074038.REDBRIDGE__Warning_over_bogus_medicine_collections/&hl=en</a>> <br>
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--<br>
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Stevan Gressitt, M.D., Medical
Director<br>
Office of Adult Mental Health
Services<br>
Department of Health and Human
Services<br>
Marquardt Building, 2nd Floor<br>
11 State House Station<br>
Augusta, ME 04333-0011<br>
Ph: (207)287-4273<br>
Fax: (207)287-1022<br>
Cell Phone: (207) 441-0291<br>
E-Mail : stevan.gressitt@maine.gov</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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