Ask a Patient Opinion Poll

How do you usually dispose of your unused meds?

(Total Votes: 166)

throw away container with pills in it (24.1%)

mix pills with coffee grounds (10.8%)

flush down toilet (19.3%)

bring to pharmacy (22.9%)

other (list below) (22.9%)

• Please keep drugs out of our water supply and environment!

• no brainer

• collection places MORE EDUCATION REGARDING THIS GREAT PRACTICE

• in used cat litter bag

• i peel the label off the container and shred it before throwing the container in the trash can

• I don't

• our local sheriffs office has collections once or more a year

• Our local Police Dept. conducts annual leftover medication collection days.

• Local drug disposal days.

• Prepaid envelope purchased at Rite-Aid.

• Took to Dr.s office

• Leave in medicine cabinet forever!

• our hospital has a "mailbox" by the pharmacy that you can drop your old,unused pills in.

• ground them up and than throw them away.

• add water to container, seal lid with duct tape & place in opaque bag in trash

• Disposal site

• drug take back day

• Always Dispose at a Pharmacy

• Dump pills in trash and recycle bottle.

• Take meds to local police department -- official Oregon drug take-back facility.

• I buy large envelope for this at pharmacy, made for disposing of drugs,no postage required & mail

• recycle collection

• contribute to a community collection site

• Mix with clumping kitty litter and add water.

• Pour vinegar in bottle

• I keep them, plain and simple

• Drop off at town sponserd site

• community collection day

• empty bottle in trash and put bottle in recycle.

• put loose meds in with kitchen garbage scraps

• Hold on to them

• storing them until figure out how to dispose of them