Today’s episode is a Drug Disposal Quiz in honor of the up-coming DEA National Prescription Drug Take Back Day (USA), which will be Saturday, October 28, 2023, from 10 AM - 2 PM.  

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During my 22 years as an Ohio-licensed pharmacist, I’ve taken an interest in Drug Disposal.  I believe that pharmacists can make a positive impact in their communities by knowing how to safely dispose of all types of drugs at various times of the year.  

Ideally, there would be a magical box at every pharmacy, and everything could go in it:  solid tablets, liquid allergy medicine, ear drops, Epi-Pens, creams, nasal sprays, inhalers, and so on.  However, it just doesn’t work that way.  As a result, we field questions about drug disposal all the time.  To prepare you for those inevitable questions you may field about drug disposal, I put together a Drug Disposal Quiz.  

This is a crowd-sourcing episode.  Feel free to answer one or all of these questions.  If you submit a response, you may hear it on the podcast!  I’m accepting answers until Oct 20, 2023.  

• Step One: go to https://www.thepharmacistsvoice.com.  
• Step Two: Click the Contact tab.  
• Step Three: Click, “Start recording” 
• Step Four: Leave a voicemail message with the question and answer.  

As an alternative, fill out the contact form. I may read your answer on the show.  If no one answers, you’ll hear my responses on Saturday, October 28, 2023 (Drug Take-Back Day).

Listen to the episode for the full questions.  Key words are below.

1. Fluorouracil cream 
2. Expired Epi-Pen
3. Expired OTC’s
4. Discontinued lisinopril tablets
5. Info table at the health fair
6. Disposing of illicit substances
7. Grocery sack full of unwanted meds from a patient.
8. When is the last time you cleaned out your medicine cabinet?  
9. Where is the closest drug disposal box to you?
10. On drug take-back day, where can you get rid of odd dosage forms?

Links from this episode

DEA Take-Back Day https://www.dea.gov/takebackday 

National Pharmaceutical Association (NPhA)

Frank North, PharmD on LinkedIn will be my guest Sept 22, 2023.

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