PROPER DISPOSAL OF UNUSED MEDICINES
Properly getting rid of unused or expired medicine protects people, animals, and the environment.
Use drug take-back system
Do Flushing to toilet/sink
Dispose with household trash
Return back to health care professionals (Pharmacist)
Store medicine as per label
Keep medicine in a cool, dry place that is out of the reach of children
Lock up medicine in a cabinet, drawer, or in safe place
Store in the original container, which has information about the medicine
Discuss with your pharmacist about proper storage of medications with respect to dosage form.
Dont use liquid medications like syrup, ear drops, eye drops after they are crystallised
Dont store medicine in a bathroom, Kitchen where humidity and temperature changes can cause damage
Dont share your prescription medicine with anyone - a medicine that works for you may cause harm, even death, to someone else.
PROPER DISPOSAL OF UNUSED MEDICINES
Properly getting rid of unused or expired medicine protects people, animals, and the environment.
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1. This leaflet was prepared and released in the interest of the public with the financial assistance from RGUHS, Karnataka.
Prepared by:-
Principal Investigator:-Chandana C
Research Guide:-Ravinandan A P
Store medicine as per label
Keep medicine in a cool, dry
place that is out of the reach
of children
Lock up medicine in a cabi-
net, drawer, or in safe place
Store in the original contain-
er, which has information
about the medicine
Discuss with your pharma-
cist about proper storage of
medications with respect to
dosage form.
SAFE STORAGE
Donts:-
Dont use liquid medications
like syrup, ear drops, eye drops
after they are crystallised
Dont store medicine in a bath-
room, Kitchen where humidity
and temperature changes can
cause damage
Dont share your prescription
medicine with anyone - a medi-
cine that works for you may
cause harm, even death, to
someone else.
STEP-BY-STEP PROPER
DISPOSAL AT HOME
PROPER DISPOSAL
Properly getting rid of unused or
expired medicine protects people,
animals, and he environment.
Pour medicine into a sealable
container and add water to dis-
solve.
Add dirt, sand, sawdust, kitty lit-
ter, or coffee grounds to make
the medicine less appealing.
Seal the container or secure the
lid with tape to prevent leakage.
Lastly, remove labels or other
personal information from the
container and throw it away.
Department of Pharmacy Practice
PROPER DRUG
DISPOSAL AND
SAFE STORAGE
Sree Siddaganga College of
Pharmacy in Collaboration With Siddaganga
Medical College and Research Institute
Tumkur
Dos:-
PROPER DISPOSAL OF
UNUSED MEDICINES
Properly getting rid of unused or ex-
pired medicine protects people, ani-
mals, and the environment.
Use drug take-back system
Do Flushing to toilet/sink
Dispose with household trash
Return back to health care profes-
sionals (Pharmacist)