UPMC collect unwanted medicines

UPMC collect unwanted medicines

A major two-day local effort to collect unwanted prescription drugs to get started today.

And the return in the lobby of UPMC Hamot Women’s Hospital was a busy place. Only the first hour, let people of about 50 bags with everything from vitamins and cold pills to cardiovascular medicine and pain killers. At the end of the 4 hour was about 150 people are placed in 270 pounds medicine.

Hospital joined forces with the LECOM School of Pharmacy and Pennsylvania Sea Grant to collect and sell drugs. It was part of the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, coordinated by the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration, DEA.

Jeff DeBello of UPMC Hamot said: “Obviously you do not want kids to get this provides a sound way to get rid of the drugs that makes it out of the wrong hands and the other is … our partners from the Pennsylvania Sea Grant is interested in trying to keep everything of water resources “

Kim Burns, associate professor of the LECOM School of Pharmacy said.” The greatest benefit, but the environment helps helps diversion and accidental poisoning and drugs to the street or in medicine cabinets. There is no harm to patients. “

Now, similar meetings are scheduled for Saturday from 10-14:00. The locations include City Hall, Erie, Millcreek Police Department, Harbor Creek Municipal Building and the state police headquarters in Lawrence Park.

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