The price of being responsible ...

[melchar]

... worked out to be 3 hours.

So I've been doing some cleaning - and part of what was in the dispose pile were some medicines [for pain - lots of cards or bottles for Nortriptyline, Gabapentin, Trazodone = these had no effect for me] - and a CPAP machine.

Took them to Kaiser, since that's where I got 'em. Kaiser moved hospital sites since I got the CPAP and it took almost an hour to fob the thing off on someone there.

Asked about the meds and was told that the pharmacy was prevented by Calif law from accepting meds back for disposal. Was told to go to a fire station. Went to the local one - which was closed. Went to the PD, since they were nearby and was told to take the meds to the Los Gatos fire station. Went there and was told that I had to give them to a pharmacy. ?!? Specifically some weird place over on Moorpark. Got there and -no- they couldn't touch them BUT that I was to put the meds in a mailbox that was painted white over in a corner of the building's lobby.

...and I wondered why people flushed their meds. Well, now I know.

Comments

[maestrodog.livejournal.com]

I tend to toss them in the trash, but I agree...the bureaucracy for getting rid of several tiny little bottles with pills is ridiculous and it's SO tempting to just chuck em. I'm actually very thankful that we have an electronics recycling place near us, and that I can take dead batteries to work.

Incidentally though...wouldn't it have made more sense to make some phone calls first to see if they took such things before driving all over the place?

[melchar.livejournal.com]

The reason I didn't call was because 2 years ago - when I returned a bottle of percocet to the Kaiser pharmacy - there was no problem and they took the [useless, in my case] meds away. No such luck today.