How to dispose of expired medicines?
All families have medicines that are commonly used, and it is inevitable that they will expire after a long period of time. On a normal day, the public in the drug for the symptoms, adverse reactions and other information, but also pay attention to its expiration date. The discovery of "expired drugs" should be handled in a timely and secure manner to avoid accidental consumption or contamination.
Citizens: will regularly clean up the medicine box
"I will regularly clean up the medicine box at home, found that the expiration date of the drug will be thrown away in a timely manner." Wang Ling, a citizen living in Raccoon Road, said, clean up the matter of drugs, not only their own very attentive, but also educated the family's 5-year-old child, sick, can not turn over the medicine to eat, to let mom and dad to see clearly, "approved" to eat to eat.
Yu Hong, who lives on Yauchua Street, has fewer medicines stored at home. "In general, I am waiting for the body does not feel well before going to the hospital or pharmacy consultation, so that the medicine will buy more 'fresh'. The medicines stored at home will also deliberately look at the date before taking them." She said.
Zhou Yanyan, who lives in Qingzhen, is a young mother. Since having a child, she has been "extra careful" with her medicines and medication. "Especially for the child to take medicine, I will be very careful to consult the doctor, check the instructions and expiration date of the drug, there are expired drugs will also be thrown away in time."
Pharmacy: according to the norms of the destruction of expired drugs
In the face of expired drugs, how to deal with the pharmacy? The reporter started a visit in this regard.
"Our pharmacy expired drugs will be in accordance with the norms of destruction, sales will also be marked drug expiration date, but also specifically to remind the elderly consumers, if the drug put long expired, can not be taken again." Yan'an Middle Road, a tree drugstore saleswoman Ms. Zhang said.
Located in the Green Park District in the Green Park Pharmacy sales staff, the pharmacy on the drug name, manufacturer, batch number, expiration date have detailed records, once more than the expiration date will be destroyed.
Wangchengpo Shu Puma pharmacy salesman said, the public to buy drugs, medication, most of the more cautious, but has also met suspected of using expired eye drops and lead to eye redness in college students, "We remind the buyers of drugs, pay attention to the duration of the drug."
Provincial Drug Administration: is building a special drug recycling cabinet
The old Chinese saying "medicine is three times poisonous". "More than the expiration date of the drug, not only the effect of the drug will be greatly reduced, and because of the long storage may lead to chemical changes in the drug itself, the emergence of substances harmful to the body. Therefore, over the expiration date of the drug, must not be used." In the interview, the Guizhou Provincial Food and Drug Administration, Drug Distribution Supervision, said Chen Xiang, need to be reminded that the drug may also cause damage to the environment, so the expiration date of the drug should be taken to the pharmacy's "Drug Recovery Cabinet" centralized recycling and destruction of the treatment.
Chen Xiang introduced, the provincial Drug Administration has been spread throughout the province "expired drugs recovery work. "At present, Anshun has done a good job, pharmacies have marked obvious drug recovery cabinet; and Guiyang's expired drug recovery points, recovery cabinet is still under construction."
"Many people have a small amount of over-the-counter medicines at home. OTC medicines have fewer side effects on the body and can also cope with some common illnesses, so this practice of stocking medicines is not a problem." Christina Chen especially reminds, do not sell expired drugs to private recyclers, which is likely to make the expired drugs re-modeled after illegal packaging and then return to the market, harming people and harming themselves.