Walgreens, Leading Health Care Organizations Collect More Than 885 Tons of Unwanted Medication
16 Octobre 2019 - 3:45PM
Business Wire
Safe Medication Kiosk Program now offering
nearly 1,500 kiosks nationwide
Overdose antidote Narcan available without a
prescription in all Walgreens U.S. pharmacies
Walgreens today announced its first of its kind safe medication
disposal kiosk program has collected and safely disposed of more
than 885 tons – the combined weight of about 350 pickup
trucks – of unwanted prescriptions, including controlled substances
and other medications, as of Aug. 31, 2019.
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Walgreens and leading healthcare
organizations have collected 885 tons of unwanted medication
through safe drug disposal program. (Photo: Business Wire)
Walgreens continues to work with leading health care
organizations AmerisourceBergen, Pfizer and Prime Therapeutics to
expand its safe medication disposal kiosks across the country. Safe
medication disposal kiosks collect unwanted prescriptions
year-round at no cost to customers.
“We are proud to be the leader in making ‘drug take back day’
available every day, just as we are grateful to the organizations
across the health care community who have joined us to address the
opioid epidemic,” said Rick Gates, senior vice president of
pharmacy and health care, Walgreens. “We recommend everyone utilize
drug disposal options available throughout their community or
participate in DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day in
effort to safely dispose of unwanted medications.”
“We are proud to be part of this effort and inspired by the
results announced today. Pfizer is committed to helping reduce the
harmful and intentional misuse of and accidental exposure to
unwanted medicines. We look forward to the continued success of
this partnership in advancing safe drug disposal,” said Dr. Freda
Lewis-Hall, Executive Vice President and Chief Patient Officer at
Pfizer.
“Prime is thrilled to be a part of the success of this
collaborative program that helps rid our homes and communities of
unneeded controlled substances,” said Jonathan Gavras, M.D., senior
vice president and chief medical officer, Prime Therapeutics.
“Prime also continues to work upstream to help manage appropriate
prescribing for high-risk opioid users, and we are proud to report
we have reduced the number of people at risk by 89% over the past
six years. Working both upstream and downstream, we all can play a
role in ending this national opioid epidemic.”
Finding one of the nearly 1,500 safe medication disposal kiosks
– available at Walgreens stores in 46 states and Washington, D.C. –
has never been easier. Through a collaboration with Google,
Walgreens locations with drug disposal options can quickly and
easily be found by searching for “drug drop off near me” or
“medication disposal near me,” in Google or Google Maps.
Increasing Access to Drug Disposal and Naloxone
All Walgreens pharmacies without safe medication disposal kiosks
offer DisposeRx or other drug disposal options*, available
year-round upon request at the pharmacy counter. Both programs make
the disposal of medications — including opioids and other
controlled substances — easier and more convenient.
As part of its continuing effort to combat drug abuse, Walgreens
will again participate in the National Prescription Drug Take Back
Day, Oct. 26, when select Walgreens stores throughout the country
will serve as a collection point for law enforcement to collect
unwanted, unused or expired medications for safe disposal.
In addition to drug disposal options, Walgreens can dispense
naloxone, including FDA approved Narcan nasal spray, without
requiring a prescription in all of its U.S. and Puerto Rico
pharmacies. Naloxone is a lifesaving medication that if
administered in time can reverse the effects of an opioid
overdose.
The company has also expanded its use of secure time delay safes
in more than 8,600 of its pharmacies across 48 states and
Washington, D.C., designed to prevent diversion of controlled
substances by averting the accessibility of narcotic medications by
unauthorized individuals.
To learn more of Walgreens efforts visit
Walgreens.com/combatdrugabuse.
*Walgreens pharmacies in Iowa and Nebraska without safe
medication disposal kiosks offer alternative drug disposal options
available upon request in the pharmacy at no cost.
About Walgreens
Walgreens (walgreens.com), one of the nation's largest drugstore
chains, is included in the Retail Pharmacy USA Division of
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (NASDAQ: WBA), the first global
pharmacy-led, health and wellbeing enterprise. Approximately 8
million customers interact with Walgreens in stores and online each
day, using the most convenient, multichannel access to consumer
goods and services and trusted, cost-effective pharmacy, health and
wellness services and advice. As of August 31, 2018, Walgreens
operates 9,560 drugstores with a presence in all 50 states, the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands,
along with its omnichannel business, Walgreens.com. Approximately
400 Walgreens stores offer Healthcare Clinic or other provider
retail clinic services.
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