Medication

Yes medication can be reduced.

REDUCE
Please follow these guidelines supplied by Medecine Waste UK;

Please let your GP or Pharmacist know if you’ve stopped taking any of your medicines
Check what medicines you still have at home before re-ordering
Discuss your medication with your GP or Pharmacist on a regular basis
Think carefully before ticking all the boxes on your repeat prescription forms and only tick those you really need
If you don’t need the medicine please don’t order it! If you need the medicine in the future you can still request it.
If you need to go into hospital, please remember to take all your medicines with you in a clearly marked bag.
Please also remember that your medicines are prescribed only for you; it’s not safe to share them with anyone else.

RECYCLING?

Medication can not be recycled. The World Health Organisation (WHO) do not support medicine waste ‘recycling’ because of questions relating not only to safety but also appropriateness and cost effectiveness.
Pharmacies are obliged to accept unwanted medicines back from patients but they cannot be reissued to other patients. The reason for this is that once the medicine has left the pharmacy, storage conditions cannot be guaranteed. Some medicines are sensitive to heat, light or moisture and can become less effective if not stored properly. It is also not possible to guarantee the quality of medicines on physical inspection alone.

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