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Medication Disposal - Training Module - Disposal Location

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Published: Monday, 06 June 2016 10:10
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Disposal Location

Under federal law, only law enforcement agencies and pharmacies can collect all types of unwanted and unused drugs. Search your local county or state for specific sites.

Examples:

Oregon

Washington

 

 

Items to Bring

• Expired or unwanted prescription medications

• Unneeded over-the-counter medication

• Drugs that didn’t work for you, a family member, or pet

• Drugs that are no longer used

• Medication from deceased family members

• Unknown tablets and capsules

Please leave all medicines in their original containers if possible

Items not to Bring

• Thermometers

• Needles/syringes

• Medical waste of any type

• Over the-counter items that are not medicines

• Bathroom Products (shampoo, hair spray, deodorant, and other hygiene products, 

The 340B Drug Pricing Program is managed by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Office of Pharmacy Affairs (OPA). For more information visit: www.hrsa.gov/opa This material is provided for general informational purposes of 340B Drug Prices only and is not an endorsement of any prescription product referenced herein. For information as to the clinical use or efficacy of a referenced product, please contact the manufacturer. 340B Price Guide makes no representations and provides no warranties as to the effectiveness or suitability for use of any prescription product referenced herein. Any referenced cost is provided as an estimate only and the actual cost is subject to change at any time and without notice. 340B Price Guide does not guarantee that the cost represented herein will be the actual and pharmacy shall at all times collect amounts due as indicated at the time of adjudication and shall be reimbursed per the terms of its agreement.'