Sunday, November 11, 2007

Leftover pills best mixed with litter The Record

com last weeks Advanced Search end static banner NorthJersey. com Partners Ground Zero Spirit. Mixing cough syrup Vicodin or Lipitor with cat litter is the new advice on getting rid of unused medications. Preferably used cat litter. In other words having leftovers in the medicine cabinet is a risky idea. Anyone visiting your house could swipe them. Not a cat owner Old coffee grounds work or doggie doo even sawdust. Just seal the meds and the er goop in a plastic bag before tossing in the trash. We don t want to assert that this is a panacea for the larger problem says SAMHSA s Dr. It just provides them with a caveat that these are not things you can just lay around. But the concern isn t only about controlled substances. How to best dispose of any medicine whether prescription or over the counter is a growing issue. Unfortunately we don t have a silver bullet says Joe Starinchak of the U. Fish and Wildlife Service. Once patients were told to flush old dr! ugs down the toilet. Already studies have linked hormone exposure to fish abnormalities. Germs exposed to antibiotics in the environment may become more drug resistant. Herb Jackson s notebook on covering Congress and Washington.

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