No More Meds!

As part of managing my autoimmune over the last 18 months, my diet has drastically changed.  With that change and the resulting elimination of pain, I have been able to quit taking all of the medication that was prescribed for chronic illness.  Yea!

I called my pharmacy to find out how to dispose of the medication and was told that sometimes the county health department has drug take back days.

So, I looked up the county health department.  After wading through broken links and presentation decks that got me nowhere, I finally found what I needed.

I gathered up all of my medication and dropped it off at a local Yellow Jug location.  If you have old medication sitting around, here are resources to dispose of it safely.

Great Lakes Area:

http://www.greatlakes-us-cleanwater.org/yellow-jug-old-drugs/

National:

http://disposemymeds.org/

https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drug_disposal/takeback/

Sources:

http://hd.ingham.org/Portals/HD/Home/Documents/eh/Substance%20Prevention/PrescDrugDisposalReferences.pdf

http://www.michigan.gov/documents/deq/deq-ess-cau-RXbrochure_279298_7.pdf