Saturday, October 23, 2010

Prescriptions: Are there groups able to make use of sealed RX drugs left over from a deceased patient?

Prescriptions: Are there groups able to make use of sealed RX drugs left over from a deceased patient?
In my experience as a nurse to dying people on hospice the answer would be no, even when my mother died I could not find anybody to take the meds that were left over, what usually happens is they must be destroyed with a witness(just another person) to verify you destroyed them. Ask the pharmacy that prescribed them what to do with them in your state, they will know.
Any nurses or med techs that work in a nursing home or hospital have access to the drugs, and it happens. My daughter works in a nursing home as a Med Tech, and there were always drugs missing. She knew who it was. The girl had stolen approx. $10,000 worth of drugs to support her and her husband's habits. It will be going to trial sometime this year.

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