did the treatment and now have leftover RIBAVIRIN

Thank god got through it.I was taken 4 a day and the doctor had me taken two a day so now i have about 300 pills left of the RIBAVIRIN left  and was woindering what i should do with them. thanks ***@****

[Rockerforlife]

Thats alot of money in pills,arent they apprx 10 bucks a pop,it would be good if someone could use them.Did uou ask your doctor?...id hang on to them just i case someone needs them ,if you turn them over to the doctor they may just flush them away

[meakea]

I gave mine to the doc when I was done.  I don't know what they did with them.

[meakea]

Rock, thing is that it's quite illegal to give RX pills to another person.  I'm sure it's done but I wouldn't want the risk -- but that's just me.

[GSDgirl]

We are not doctors and are not allowed to share meds.  

Doctors do not flush meds.  It would end up in our water tables.  

Hand them off to your doc or pharmacy to dispose of

[seang207]

hey now  Im not trying to give away and know you guy's are not doc's but did not want to flush! just woundering  if somebody knew what i should do with them but will take to RX.

[GSDgirl]

That is a great idea, I knew you were not looking to give them or flush them :-))

[Bill1954]

More often than not, a doctor will be able to recycle those meds to someone that needs them. For instance, I had to increase my ribavirin dosage once, but my insurance denied approval of the increase. My doctor gave me over 600 riba from his stock for free; much of this was returned from patients like yourself.

And no, the doctor’s office will not ‘flush them down the toilet’ as suggested by a poster above; that’s ridiculous. They may be able to put them to good use; ask them. If not, sometimes police or fire stations will accept them as hazmat material.

Bill

[Rockerforlife]

What do you think happens the the returned meacations and pills that they cannot use thats outdated?...its either incinertaed or gone to a landfill,there is no other place else except the water supply,unless they put them om a rocket in to space,they go in the air,water or land.

[Rockerforlife]

They flush human blood in the sewers...read this

http://www.ehs.uci.edu/programs/biosafety/medwasteguide.pdf

[Rockerforlife]

2009 June 27 Beverly Saltonstall permalink
For years, as a Registered Nurse, I dumped all sorts of unused medications down the toilet. It was hospital policy that when narcotics were refused by a patient, two nurses had to witness the disposal of the medication down the toilet. I couldn’t begin to even remember all the different types of medications I disposed of in this manner over the years.
It’s a good thing that the problem of prescription drugs in our water supply has come to light and that something is being done to stop the damage it has caused.
Read my article on prescription drugs @ http://tinyurl.com/pojgv3





http://legalplanet.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/congress-looks-at-pharmaceuticals-in-the-water-heres-what-they-should-do/

[Rockerforlife]

it is believed that most unused pharmaceuticals from health care facilities are dumped down sinks or toilets, usually without violating state or federal regulations.



http://hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/pharmawater_site/sept14a.html

[orphanedhawk]

Although its illegal to give your meds away, there's always don't ask, don't tell.

I've shared my overabundance with others.
Ethically, I felt it was the right thing to do.

[nygirl7]

Yes I've shared my overabundance too, as did someone to me.  

I doubt many people actually flush them down the toilet though because that would never occur to most of us in a million years.

Asking the doctor is definitely a preferable alternative - I am sure they have ways to dispose of medical waste without actually pouring contaminated blood into the sewer systems for example - even if they don't need them.