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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Steve,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I may have missed the link. Where are the disposal options? For fentanyl, do other states require special disposal procedures? In New York State, fentanyl and fentanyl patches are specifically regulated by the NY BNE. The patches must be disposed of in sharps containers, despite most sharps containers are landfilled.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dr. Russell Mankes<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>141 Mohawk Dr<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Schenectady, NY 12303-5732<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>518-355-1330<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>518-495-9775 (cellular)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Rmankes@nycap.rr.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tpathology@aim.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Stevan Gressitt [mailto:gressitt@gmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 11, 2012 11:06 AM<br><b>To:</b> pharmwaste<br><b>Subject:</b> [Pharmwaste] This list would seem then to give 2 disposal options for fentanyl, see disposal on product package<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/InformationbyDrugClass/ucm251735.htm">http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/InformationbyDrugClass/ucm251735.htm</a><br clear=all><br>-- <br>Stevan Gressitt, M.D., D.F.A.P.A.<br>Faculty Associate, University of Maine Center on Aging<br>Academic Member, Athens Institute for Education and Research<br>Athens, Greece<br>Founding Director, International Institute for Pharmaceutical Safety<br>University of New England, College of Pharmacy<br>Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences<br>Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry<br>University of New England, College of Osteopathic Medicine<br>314 Clark Road<br>Unity, Maine, 04988<br><a href="mailto:gressitt@gmail.com" target="_blank">gressitt@gmail.com</a> <br>Cell: 207-441-0291<br><a href="http://www.benzos.une.edu" target="_blank">www.benzos.une.edu</a><br><a href="http://www.safemeddisposal.com" target="_blank">www.safemeddisposal.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>