Disposal practices of unused medications among patients in public health centers of Dessie town, Northeast Ethiopia: A cross sectional study.

CONCLUSION: In present study, there was high practice of keeping medications at home and most of the disposal practices were not recommended methods. In addition, most of the respondents did not get an advice from pharmacists and other health care professionals how to dispose unused medications. Hence, there is a need for proper education and guidance of patients about disposal practices of unused medications. PMID: 32228428 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32228428?dopt=Abstract

Source: Current Drug Safety - March 30, 2020 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Kassahun H, Tesfaye D Tags: Curr Drug Saf Source Type: research