Posted by mgrueni on July 30, 2001, at 20:23:39
In reply to Donating unused meds?, posted by Greg on July 30, 2001, at 13:02:18
< I have a large collection of unsuccessful meds in my medicine cabinet (as I'm sure many of you do too). I hate to throw them away (I'm a pack rat). All of the expirations are still good. I was wondering if any of you know of somewhere I might donate them? I know that there are many who have trouble affording their meds and I hoping they might come in handy to someone. Maybe the Red Cross or some medical institution? Any ideas? >
- > Ask in your pharmacy
(or is that "drugstore/chemist" in USA?). German pharmacies have stopped organizing meds` donation because it became too expensive for the Help-organisations . They had *tons* of different types of meds and they needed hundreds of people to sort them, and had to pay for the annihilation of the lapsed or damaged meds, so they stopped doing so and are now being sponsored directly by the pharmaceutical companies.
But maybe US-pharmacies still collect meds and forward them to somewhere where they are needed?
Micha
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