http://blogs.roanoke.com/medbeat/2012/09/nearly-2900-pounds-and-counting-of-prescription-drugs-collected-locally/ Sun, 19 May 2013 12:49:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.roanoke.com/medbeat/2012/09/nearly-2900-pounds-and-counting-of-prescription-drugs-collected-locally/#comment-2038 Sarah Jones Mon, 24 Sep 2012 12:36:05 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/medbeat/?p=3623#comment-2038 @Jp That’s why I shared the information — I was surprised by the data for the reasons you mention. It’s seems like a lot of unused medication to be sitting unwanted in medicine cabinets throughout the region. And then I think about the money spent on those pills. While some drugs are inexpensive, others most certainly are not.

]]> http://blogs.roanoke.com/medbeat/2012/09/nearly-2900-pounds-and-counting-of-prescription-drugs-collected-locally/#comment-2027 Jp Sat, 22 Sep 2012 20:31:16 +0000 http://blogs.roanoke.com/medbeat/?p=3623#comment-2027 Considering how little each pill or capsule weighs, nearly a ton and one-half of collected medication is, to me, a staggeringly high figure.

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