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06 Feb 2012

More than half of patients would use recycled drugs, survey finds

Practice More than half of people in England would accept unused medicines that had been returned by other patients, a survey has suggested.
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Angela HOWARD, Pharmacy technician
Posted on 6 February 2012.
waste is mainly due to over ordering...on the continent all medication has to be paid for, surely this is the way forward to prevent such waste, and menatlity of people refusing to buy it as the can 'get it on prescription for free'? As it is England will be going the same way of Scotland and Wales and make it a totally free for all! Anyone bought a Ventolin or Clenil inhaler off ebay recently? That's where they also go!
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Allan Postgate, Locum pharmacist
Posted on 06/02/12 19:20 in reply to Angela HOWARD.
Most people would accept it as a given truth that anything provided for free is instantly devalued in the eyes of the recipient (or patient, in this case). Unfortunately no politician would vote for everyone paying for their medicines (however little) as they would be portrayed as cruel and heartless by the media and voted out of office at the first opportunity. And so it is that the waste gets worse and worse and worse and................................
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