GOOD NEWS! WE CAN DONATE UNUSED AND UNOPEN DRUGS IN US

[aacx]

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Pharmaceutical donation and reuse programs are distinct prescription drug programs providing for unused prescription drugs to be donated and re-dispensed to patients. Such drug repository programs began with state legislative action in 1997. As of fall 2018 there are 38 states and Guam with enacted laws for donation and reuse.

Although states have passed laws establishing these programs, more than a dozen of these states do not have functioning or operational programs. “Operational programs” are those states that have participating pharmacies, charitable clinics, and/or hospitals collecting and redistributing donated drugs to eligible patients. Some common obstacles are the lack of awareness about the programs, no central agency or entity designated to operate and fund the program, and added work and responsibility for repository sites that accept the donations.

Here is one non-profit organization, I used it to donate today

sirum.org/individuals/

[lankisterguy Volunteer]

Thanks for digging out that new information.

Now we just need to get the states in light tan to implement a system to carry it out.

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For those of us that have become resistant or intolerant of one of the new drugs, it is a shame to have a $10,000 bottle of drugs be destroyed when a deserving person could benefit from it. (Yes - I do understand the risk- concern about adulterated drugs )

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Len

[aacx in reply to lankisterguy]

Thanks for your message. I donated through a non-profit organization who works in the whole country.

[cll2013]

When I had to go off Ibrutinib due to afib, I donated nearly a month's supply, giving it to my doctor. It will definitely be used.

[aacx in reply to cll2013]

My doctor could accept any medicine for another patient.