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SisterMilkshake
♀ 30024
Member # 30024 |  Posted: 2:49 PM, December 29th (Sunday), 2013 |     |
expired multivitamins, Viamin D-3 and Calcium pills safely?
I know there was a thread here before on how to dispose of expired prescription pills, but I didn't pay attention. 
Thanks so much in advance!
BW (me) & FWH both over half a century; married several decades; children
d-day 3/10; LTA
"Oh, why do my actions have consequences?" ~ Homer Simpson
"She knew my one weakness: That I'm weak." ~ Homer Simpson
Posts: 12381 | Registered: Nov 2010 | From: The Great White North USA |
simplydevastated
♀ 25001
Member # 25001 | | Posted: 3:08 PM, December 29th (Sunday), 2013 | |
You can try calling your town hall. They'll know when they have special days for drug drop-offs. You can also try contacting your pharmacy. Some pharmacies take back expired pills/meds.
Me - BS, 40 (I'm not old...I'm vintage)
Two Wonderful children - DS11, DD8
Getting my ducks in a row for divorce... finally (4+ D-Days too many - listed in profile.)
Posts: 6116 | Registered: Jul 2009 | From: In the darkest depths of hell! |
painpaingoaway
♀ 27196
Member # 27196 | | Posted: 3:08 PM, December 29th (Sunday), 2013 | |
I never saw the thread you speak of, but I do know that the hospice nurse we had when my dad died dissolved them all in boiling water and poured it on the ground in the backyard.
Me, BS, 58
Him, WS 61
D-Day June 2009
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movingforward777
♀ 6850
Member # 6850 | | Posted: 3:43 PM, December 29th (Sunday), 2013 | |
Take them to your local pharmacy...they will dispose of them for you for free! Most people flush them down the toliet which is the worst thing you can do with them because it gets into the water processing system.
I wouldn't dissolve them and pour them into the ground, animals could get into that water or soil.....not healthy for them.... 
You can't reach for anything new if your hands are still full of yesterday's junk.......Louise Smith
Posts: 4875 | Registered: Apr 2005 | From: Ontario |
Sad in AZ
♀ 24239
Member # 24239 | | Posted: 4:46 PM, December 29th (Sunday), 2013 | |
Pouring them into the soil (after dissolving) also allows them to perculate into the water table--never a good idea.
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Posts: 23755 | Registered: Jun 2009 | From: Southern New Mexico |
welcome14
♀ 26741
Member # 26741 | | Posted: 5:01 PM, December 29th (Sunday), 2013 | |
Am I the only one that thought "a body"?
Nothing like a trail of blood to find your way back home- nikki sixx
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Posts: 1460 | Registered: Dec 2009 | From: clarksville, tn/ Ft Campbell |
simplydevastated
♀ 25001
Member # 25001 | | Posted: 5:03 PM, December 29th (Sunday), 2013 | |
Me - BS, 40 (I'm not old...I'm vintage)
Two Wonderful children - DS11, DD8
Getting my ducks in a row for divorce... finally (4+ D-Days too many - listed in profile.)
Posts: 6116 | Registered: Jul 2009 | From: In the darkest depths of hell! |
k94ever
♀ 11176
Member # 11176 | | Posted: 5:03 PM, December 29th (Sunday), 2013 | |
Nope....I did too.
k9
BS: 58
WS: 53
Betrayed: 23 years
Affairs: 14 (2 lasted 3 months. Rest were ONS)
WS died: 16 May 2011
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Posts: 7308 | Registered: Jul 2006 | From: Wisconsin |
jrc1963
♀ 26531
Member # 26531 | | Posted: 5:07 PM, December 29th (Sunday), 2013 | |
Am I the only one that thought "a body"?
Totally there with you but then I realized we were in OT
Me: BSO - 48
Him: FWSO - 71
DS - 15
D-Day - 12-11-09,
R - he finally came home
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Posts: 25631 | Registered: Dec 2009 | From: Florida |
SisterMilkshake
♀ 30024
Member # 30024 | | Posted: 6:02 PM, December 29th (Sunday), 2013 | |
BW (me) & FWH both over half a century; married several decades; children
d-day 3/10; LTA
"Oh, why do my actions have consequences?" ~ Homer Simpson
"She knew my one weakness: That I'm weak." ~ Homer Simpson
Posts: 12381 | Registered: Nov 2010 | From: The Great White North USA |
his#1
♀ 3432
Member # 3432 | | Posted: 7:12 PM, December 29th (Sunday), 2013 | |
My Dads Hospice nurse used wet coffee grounds and dumped all of the pills into a zip lock bag with the wet grounds and squished them all up and threw them in the trash. She said you could also use kitty litter and a bit of water to mush it all together.
**The soul would have no rainbow
Had the eyes no tears.~J.Cheney
**Oh, my friend, it's not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left. ~Hubert Humphrey
Posts: 1668 | Registered: Feb 2004 | From: Michigan |
welcome14
♀ 26741
Member # 26741 | | Posted: 7:24 PM, December 29th (Sunday), 2013 | |
good point jrc..if we were in d/s though....n sister, i'm totally sure u would know how to do that efficiently.... 
Nothing like a trail of blood to find your way back home- nikki sixx
I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.
Posts: 1460 | Registered: Dec 2009 | From: clarksville, tn/ Ft Campbell |
InnerLight
♀ 19946
Member # 19946 | | Posted: 1:10 AM, December 30th (Monday), 2013 | |
Calcium is a common garden additive. I would feel comfortable dissolving in water, diluting vitamins and watering plants. Not with medications which work differently. Medications need to stay out of biological systems.
BS, 55 years
D-day 6-2-08
D after 20 years
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Posts: 6613 | Registered: Jun 2008 | From: Rural California |
Phoenix1
♀ 38928
Member # 38928 | | Posted: 2:12 AM, December 30th (Monday), 2013 | |
You can place them with any unpalatable substance (kitty litter, used coffee grounds) in a ziploc bag and throw in the trash. Don't crush them. Never flush anything. You can also see if your community participates in any take-back events (also see http://p2d2program.wordpress.com/).
I work in the water/wastewater industry and flushing is a big problem...
BS - Me
XPOS - too many OW/OCs over 20+yrs
Kids - DDs 24,19 -DS20 Deceased
D 2013
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Posts: 2697 | Registered: Apr 2013 | From: Rising out of Hell's ashes! |
Undefinabl3
♀ 36883
Member # 36883 | | Posted: 8:15 AM, December 30th (Monday), 2013 | |
Am I the only one that thought "a body"?
Yeah, me to....had tons of suggestions for this topic...
Not so much the pills.
I would call the local pharmacy though - they would know.
Me: 32 MH
Him: 39 MH
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