MEDICATION DISPOSAL; HOUSEHOLD PRACTICES IN KARACHI, PAKISTAN. NEED FOR A MEDICATION TAKE-BACK PROGRAM

The awareness among Saudi people regarding the good and safe practice of drug disposal is fairly low. Community pharmacists’ potential toward drugs disposal directions and practice are not emphasized enough. Therefore, a cross sectional study was conducted in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to evaluate the practice, awareness and beliefs of community pharmacists about disposal of unused drugs. Out of 360 subjects who participated in the study, more than 70% returned the unused drugs to the pharmaceutical distributors. Around 80% of the participants confirmed the risk of environmental damage due to the inappropriate disposal of drugs, and 87.5% of them held themselves responsible for preventing such risk. Approximately 85% of surveyed pharmacists believed community pharmacies to be an appropriate location for the collection of unused drugs. There was no significant association between the community pharmacists’ age group and years of practice as community pharmacists with either the awareness of unused medication disposal on environmental hazards, or the beliefs about the appropriate location for collecting unused drugs (p > 0.05). The awareness and proactive accountable responsibility, along with community pharmacists’ belief of appointing pharmacies to collect unused drugs, strongly support the institution of drug take-back programs.

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From dispensing to disposal: The role of student pharmacists in medication disposal and the implementation of a take-back program

Journal of the American Pharmacists Association ◽

10.1331/japha.2010.09197 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 50 (5) ◽

pp. 613-618 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Misty D. Gray-Winnett ◽

Courtney S. Davis ◽

Stephanie G. Yokley ◽

Andrea S. Franks

Keyword(s):

Take Back ◽

Medication Disposal

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Practices of Jeddah Residents Regarding the Disposal of Unused and Expired Medications: A Community-Based Survey

Journal of King Abdulaziz University-Medical Sciences ◽

10.4197/med.26-2.4 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 26 (2) ◽

pp. 35-44

Author(s):

Afnan Ali Abuassonon ◽

Bayader Salah Kalkatawi ◽

Lamia Saeed Alzahrani ◽

Basma Ghazi Eid ◽

Thikryat A. Neamatallah

Keyword(s):

Pharmaceutical Industry ◽

Household Waste ◽

National Program ◽

Environmental Toxicity ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Community Based ◽

Take Back ◽

Increased Risk ◽

Unused Medications ◽

Medication Disposal

Inappropriate disposal of stored medications leads to an increased risk of environmental toxicity. This study aims to examine practices of Jeddah residents with regard to disposing unused and/or expired medications and to view their opinions about the presence of drug take-back centres. Over a three-month period, 771 participants completed an online questionnaire, that focused on disposal methods and the importance of having drug retrieval centres. The data demonstrated that 91.57% of the participants reported discarding their expired medications in household waste, and 2.98% of them return their medications to hospitals or pharmacies. With respect to unused medications, 67.07% of the participants disposed of them in household waste, and only 10.84% donated their medications. This improper practice, however, contradicted the fact that 92.35% of the respondents were interested in knowing the appropriate methods of disposing. In addition, 90.66% agreed to the need for drug take-back centres. This study demonstrated that a low percentage of respondents knew about correct medication disposal. This emphasizes the need for the Ministry of Health, the pharmaceutical industry and pharmacies to collaborate on a national program about the proper methods of medication disposal and to initiate drug retrieval programs.

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Review on Drug Waste Management

Research Journal of Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms and Technology ◽

10.52711/0975-4377.2021.00041 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 247-252

Author(s):

S. D. Mankar ◽

Madhuri Kawade ◽

Shraddha Parjane

Keyword(s):

Waste Management ◽

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Dosage Forms ◽

Indian Government ◽

Safe Medication ◽

Take Back ◽

Awareness Programs ◽

Medication Disposal ◽

The Government ◽

Drug Waste

Drug waste management is the alarming issue nowadays so provide more awareness from healthcare professionals and drug receiver. The pharmacist are in the admirable position to aware people about safe medication disposal. The safe medication disposal awareness in society leads to the sufficient good differences in public health and surroundings. the knowledge of the safe drug disposal is equally important that consumption of the medicines. The easiest solution to the drug pollution is to disposal of medicines properly. The aim of this review is the government have to maintain the drug disposal methods on the label of drugs and dosage forms. The collection of the drug is easier and they can authorize the collection in the take back program. The Indian government have to authorized the drug collection sites and registered business or various authorization for the collection of the drug safely, they also have to organize the various types of events like drug take back awareness events, awareness programs on the need of proper drug disposal and its conditions. The drug waste contains the expired and non-expired drugs.

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Take-Back Programs: A Smart Way to Reduce Prescription Drug Abuse

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e505442011-003 ◽

2010 ◽

Keyword(s):

Drug Abuse ◽

Prescription Drug ◽

Prescription Drug Abuse ◽

Take Back

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We Must Take Back Talk Therapies

Clinical Psychiatry News ◽

10.1016/s0270-6644(09)70273-5 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 37 (8) ◽

pp. 12

Author(s):

Robert T. London

Keyword(s):

Take Back

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The Disruption Of Family In Manju Kapur’s Custody

Think India ◽

10.26643/think-india.v22i3.8408 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 22 (3) ◽

pp. 880-885

Author(s):

K.P. Bhavatharini ◽

Ms Dr. Anita Albert

Keyword(s):

Marital Relationship ◽

Modern Life ◽

The Real ◽

Law System ◽

Metropolitan Cities ◽

Take Back ◽

The Family ◽

Female Protagonist ◽

The Future ◽

Key Aspects

Manju Kapur exposes the disparity and how modernity plays a major role in our society and also the hollowness modern life through her novel Custody. The present paper deals with the key aspects of custody, like extra marital affair, exploration of children and the law system of India. Manju Kapur has published five novels and all her novels dealt with postmodern era, which became sensational in the literary world. She talks about the life of people in Metropolitan cities and how it changes the attitude of theirs and makes them to be victims of modernity through her novel Custody. She manages to disclose the atmosphere which revolves around the family and how it destroys their peace. Here the author portrays how her female protagonist goes to an extent to fulfill her need even breaking her marital relationship with her husband and lack of concern with her children. She portrays the unimaginable incident of broken marriage and illustrates how it causes their children to yearning for their custody from their parents. The children are mentally affected because of the conflict between their egoistic parents to take back their custody only to win the battle not having the real concern over the future of their children. The author manages to create an excellent atmosphere that reveals the various disasters roaming around the family. The future of the children is also hazard. This novel proves that Manju Kapur is a great curator of the modern Indian family.

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