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by debodun on January 14th, 2010
I bring them to a pharmacy and have them properly dispose of them and also the containers.
by daddywaddy on January 14th, 2010
Take them back to the chemist.
by Im Alec has abandoned this account on January 14th, 2010
Return them to the pharmacy.
by Wellduh on January 14th, 2010
Take them to the pharmacy and ask the pharmacist to dispose of them properly.
by Leah lovs Cory on January 14th, 2010
Well you should throw them away b/c my mom went to jail for almost 7 months for not throwing away her old prescriptions. Best way flush them.
by More2Be on January 14th, 2010
I have seen the guideline to empty them from the bottles, wrap them in something opaque and throw them in regular garbage. Ideally they would break down in the landfill or just leech slowly over time. If you flush them then the water supply, for fish, wildlife and people, becomes even more of a pharmaceutical soup. That is already a problem in overprescribed USA.
Better yet, some pharmacies may be able to direct you to a pharmaceutical disposal or incineration program. http://onthepharm.net/2006/05/disposing-of-old-medications.html
by manywords on January 14th, 2010
I flush them.
by Anonymous on January 14th, 2010
Bake them into cookies and give them to someone you don't like. That will take care of TWO problems.
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