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Drug Safety
ASSOCIATION MEMBER DRUG SAFETY
Overview
Medicines play an important role in treating many conditions and diseases, but when they are no longer needed it's important
to dispose of them properly to avoid harm to others. Below, we list some disposal options and some special disposal
instructions for you to consider when throwing out expired, unwanted, or unused medicines.
Medicine Take-Back Programs
Medicine take-back programs for disposal are a good way to remove expired, unwanted, or unused medicines from the home
and reduce the chance that others may accidentally take the medicine. Contact your city or county government's household
trash and recycling service to see if there is a medicine take-back program in your community and learn about any special
rules regarding which medicines can be taken back. You can also talk to your pharmacist to see if he or she knows of other
medicine disposal programs in your area or visit the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's website for information on
National Prescription Drug Take-Back Events.
http://www.addco.org/
Disposal in Household Trash
If no medicine take-back program is available in your area, you can also follow these simple steps to dispose of most
medicines in the household trash:1
Mix medicines (do NOT crush tablets or capsules) with an unpalatable substance such as kitty litter or used coffee grounds;
Place the mixture in a container such as a sealed plastic bag; and
Throw the container in your household trash.
Before throwing out your empty pill bottle or other empty medicine packaging, remember to scratch out all information on
the prescription label to make it unreadable.
Flushing of Certain Medicines
There is a small number of medicines that may be especially harmful and, in some cases, fatal with just one dose if they are
used by someone other than the person for whom the medicine was prescribed. To prevent accidental ingestion by children,
pets, or anyone else, a few medicines have specific disposal instructions indicating they should be flushed down the sink or
toilet as soon as they are no longer needed, and when they cannot be disposed of through a medicine take-back program.
Click here for a list of medicines recommended for disposal by flushing. For example, patients in assisted living communities
using fentanyl patches for pain should immediately flush their used or unneeded patches down the toilet. When you dispose
of these patches and certain other powerful medicines down the sink or toilet you help to keep others safe by ensuring that
these medicines cannot be used again or accidentally ingested and cause harm.
You may have also received disposal directions for these medicines when you picked up your prescription. If your medicine is
on this list, and you did not receive information containing disposal instructions along with your dispensed prescription, you
can find instructions on how to dispose of the medicines at DailyMed, by searching on the drug name and then looking in one
of the following sections of the prescribing information:
Information for Patients and Caregivers
Patient Information
http://www.addco.org/
Addco , Discount Prescription Card Association, Discount RX Card Association,
Association Member Code of Conduct
INTRODUCTION
Millions of persons in the United States lack access to affordable prescription medications. Discount prescription drug card
programs address this situation by providing consumers the opportunity to directly purchase prescription drugs at prices
discounted below contracted providers' established retail prices.
Discount prescription drug card programs have proven to be highly cost-effective to consumers. As a result, discount drug
card programs have expanded rapidly. Today, they have tens of millions of users and actively operate in all 50 states of
the United States and its territories.
As discount drug card program membership grows, and as discount drug card programs play an ever more important role
in providing consumers access to affordable prescription medications in the country, it is appropriate for discount drug card
program operators and marketers to adopt voluntary standards that establish appropriate levels of consumer protection
and program integrity, and that promote fair competition among discount drug card programs.
Towards those ends, the Association of Discount Drug Card Organizations (ADDCO) and its members hereby establish
this code of conduct. Compliance with the code and each of its terms is mandatory for ADDCO members, unless state or
federal law provides conflicting requirements.
http://www.addco.org/
Discount RX Card Association NY, Discount RX Card Association CA, , Addco ,
Discount Prescription Card Association, Discount RX Card Association,

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  • 1. Drug Safety ASSOCIATION MEMBER DRUG SAFETY Overview Medicines play an important role in treating many conditions and diseases, but when they are no longer needed it's important to dispose of them properly to avoid harm to others. Below, we list some disposal options and some special disposal instructions for you to consider when throwing out expired, unwanted, or unused medicines. Medicine Take-Back Programs Medicine take-back programs for disposal are a good way to remove expired, unwanted, or unused medicines from the home and reduce the chance that others may accidentally take the medicine. Contact your city or county government's household trash and recycling service to see if there is a medicine take-back program in your community and learn about any special rules regarding which medicines can be taken back. You can also talk to your pharmacist to see if he or she knows of other medicine disposal programs in your area or visit the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's website for information on National Prescription Drug Take-Back Events. http://www.addco.org/
  • 2. Disposal in Household Trash If no medicine take-back program is available in your area, you can also follow these simple steps to dispose of most medicines in the household trash:1 Mix medicines (do NOT crush tablets or capsules) with an unpalatable substance such as kitty litter or used coffee grounds; Place the mixture in a container such as a sealed plastic bag; and Throw the container in your household trash. Before throwing out your empty pill bottle or other empty medicine packaging, remember to scratch out all information on the prescription label to make it unreadable. Flushing of Certain Medicines There is a small number of medicines that may be especially harmful and, in some cases, fatal with just one dose if they are used by someone other than the person for whom the medicine was prescribed. To prevent accidental ingestion by children, pets, or anyone else, a few medicines have specific disposal instructions indicating they should be flushed down the sink or toilet as soon as they are no longer needed, and when they cannot be disposed of through a medicine take-back program. Click here for a list of medicines recommended for disposal by flushing. For example, patients in assisted living communities using fentanyl patches for pain should immediately flush their used or unneeded patches down the toilet. When you dispose of these patches and certain other powerful medicines down the sink or toilet you help to keep others safe by ensuring that these medicines cannot be used again or accidentally ingested and cause harm. You may have also received disposal directions for these medicines when you picked up your prescription. If your medicine is on this list, and you did not receive information containing disposal instructions along with your dispensed prescription, you can find instructions on how to dispose of the medicines at DailyMed, by searching on the drug name and then looking in one of the following sections of the prescribing information: Information for Patients and Caregivers Patient Information http://www.addco.org/ Addco , Discount Prescription Card Association, Discount RX Card Association,
  • 3.
  • 4. Association Member Code of Conduct INTRODUCTION Millions of persons in the United States lack access to affordable prescription medications. Discount prescription drug card programs address this situation by providing consumers the opportunity to directly purchase prescription drugs at prices discounted below contracted providers' established retail prices. Discount prescription drug card programs have proven to be highly cost-effective to consumers. As a result, discount drug card programs have expanded rapidly. Today, they have tens of millions of users and actively operate in all 50 states of the United States and its territories. As discount drug card program membership grows, and as discount drug card programs play an ever more important role in providing consumers access to affordable prescription medications in the country, it is appropriate for discount drug card program operators and marketers to adopt voluntary standards that establish appropriate levels of consumer protection and program integrity, and that promote fair competition among discount drug card programs. Towards those ends, the Association of Discount Drug Card Organizations (ADDCO) and its members hereby establish this code of conduct. Compliance with the code and each of its terms is mandatory for ADDCO members, unless state or federal law provides conflicting requirements. http://www.addco.org/ Discount RX Card Association NY, Discount RX Card Association CA, , Addco , Discount Prescription Card Association, Discount RX Card Association,