Mail order medications may lose their effectiveness if not stored properly

Dr. Keith Roach

Dr. Keith Roach Dear Dr. Roach:I have been worried for some time whether my prescriptions that arrive in the mail are compromised, since they sit in vehicles with the sun beating through the windows and heating them up. Additionally, the plastic bottles in which prescriptions are stored release toxic emissions when they burn in the …

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Do you have unused prescription medications? Event offers safe disposal options

Do you have unused prescription medications?  Event offers safe disposal options

Keith Srakocic, Associated Press People throw unnecessary medications into a trash can as part of the Drug Enforcement Agency’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day initiative, Saturday, April 28, 2018, at the Allegheny County Police Department in McCandless, Wash. Pennsylvania. A release from the county said this year’s event involves people disposing of …

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