Re: Re:Expired Controlled Medications

[Guest guest]

I will give them a call.

I checked with a company called MedTurn and they quoted a minimum fee of $750.00

to dispose of 4 vials of morphine. Seems excessive to me since I paid less than

$5 for the medication to start with.

Is anyone else facing this problem?

Re:Expired Controlled Medicaitons

We use a company called Universal Solutions, Conyers, Georgia.

Phone#

Fax#

You call them for an authorization number and they send you an application for

reverse Form 222.

They have a lengthy and well documented process. You fill out an application for

each individual type of medication. You send the application to the DEA for the

reverse 222. Everything is signed by the holder of your controlled substance

certificate. When we started our very first

return of expired controlled medications, we started in Dec. 2004 and finally

shipped around

April 2005.

I am curious to see what other companies are out there.

Bert Lagarde

Marfa City/County EMS

Fax

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[Guest guest]

We are facing the same problem here. Smaller cities can't afford the excessive

costs to dispose of these medications appropriately. We have not disposed of

any, waiting for something more costly to come along.

TX1@... wrote: I will give them a call.

I checked with a company called MedTurn and they quoted a minimum fee of $750.00

to dispose of 4 vials of morphine. Seems excessive to me since I paid less than

$5 for the medication to start with.

Is anyone else facing this problem?

Re:Expired Controlled Medicaitons

We use a company called Universal Solutions, Conyers, Georgia.

Phone#

Fax#

You call them for an authorization number and they send you an application for

reverse Form 222.

They have a lengthy and well documented process. You fill out an application for

each individual type of medication. You send the application to the DEA for the

reverse 222. Everything is signed by the holder of your controlled substance

certificate. When we started our very first

return of expired controlled medications, we started in Dec. 2004 and finally

shipped around

April 2005.

I am curious to see what other companies are out there.

Bert Lagarde

Marfa City/County EMS

Fax

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[Guest guest]

There is currently a lot of concern over disposal of prescription waste

from an environmental standpoint too. From the EPA's report on the

Healtchare Industry:

" The management of unused prescription drugs may involve oversight by

state and local governments and several federal agencies, including the

EPA. The Agency does not currently have specific regulations regarding

the disposal of expired or waste prescription medications into sanitary

sewer systems, nor does EPA’s Office of Water have analytical methods to

assess the existence of many pharmaceutical compounds in water or

wastewater. The Agency, however, is aware of increasing concerns about

the potential for pharmaceuticals in water and is reviewing the current

state of knowledge and coordinating with other governmental and research

agencies. "

CRYSTAL MARTIN wrote:

> We contacted a company called Reverse Distribution Services, Ltd out of Fort

Worth and they quoted us $750.00 to $757.00 one time fee. We don't even that

have that much cost into the expired medications that we do have.

>

> TX1@... wrote: I will give them a call.

>

> I checked with a company called MedTurn and they quoted a minimum fee of

$750.00 to dispose of 4 vials of morphine. Seems excessive to me since I paid

less than $5 for the medication to start with.

>

> Is anyone else facing this problem?

>

>

>

>

>

> Re:Expired Controlled Medicaitons

>

> We use a company called Universal Solutions, Conyers, Georgia.

> Phone#

> Fax#

>

> You call them for an authorization number and they send you an application for

reverse Form 222.

> They have a lengthy and well documented process. You fill out an application

for each individual type of medication. You send the application to the DEA for

the reverse 222. Everything is signed by the holder of your controlled substance

certificate. When we started our very first

> return of expired controlled medications, we started in Dec. 2004 and finally

shipped around

> April 2005.

>

> I am curious to see what other companies are out there.

>

> Bert Lagarde

> Marfa City/County EMS

>

> Fax

>

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> Ahhh...imagining that irresistible " new car " smell?

> Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos.

>

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