AN AWARENESS STUDY ON SAFE DISPOSAL OF UNUSED & EXPIRED MEDICINES FOR SAFEGUARDING THE ENVIRONMENT.
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unused medicines, expired medicines, safe disposal, environment
Abstract
Improperly disposed medicines could adversely affect the environment and increase the riskof drug misuse or accidental poisoning. This survey evaluate the disposal practices of unusedandexpiredmedicinesamongthegeneralpopulationinAmravati,India.Thiswasadescriptivecross-sectional survey conducted among 192 respondents in Amravati, India. Data werecollectedthroughinterviewsusingapre-validatedstructuredquestionnaire.Descriptivestatistics were calculated using the Microsoft Excel® 2022. Ethics approval was obtained.General public knowledge and attitude regarding unused and expired medication disposalpractice is assessed. 72% Expired medicines and 38% Unused medicines were collected.Expired medicines comprises of29% NSAID ,20% Nutraceuticals, 21%Antibiotic, 9%Antacidandremaining31%medicinescomprisedofcategoriessuchasantiseptic,expectorant,anti-diarrheal, etc.Unused medicinescomprises of23% Antacid, 20% Nutraceutical,17%NSAID,11% Antibiotic,5% Antidiabeticandremaining24%areothermedicinescollectedandsorted.Themostcommondisposalmethodofunwantedmedicineswasthrowingaway in household garbage (26%). The current study has identified the need of propereducationondisposalofpharmaceuticalsthataccumulateinhouseholdsandalsotheneedforlaws and regulations to clearly and specifically describe how unused medications should beproperly disposed of. These findings call upon the strategies to strengthen the pharmaceuticalwastemanagement program
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Dipti B Ruikar
P R Pote Patil College of Pharmacy, Kathora road, Amravati 444604 Maharashtra, INDIA
Tel +918888975088
Dipesh kothekar
P.R. Pote Patil College of Pharmacy, Amravati.
Arpit ambhore
P.R. Pote Patil College of Pharmacy, Amravati.
Farhan Kazi
P.R. Pote Patil College of Pharmacy, Amravati.
Arpit Gulhane
P.R. Pote Patil College of Pharmacy, Amravati.
Gajanan J Deshmukh
Govt. Polytechnic, Pharmacy Department, Amravati.
Deepak S. Mohale
Pataldhamal Wadhwani College of Pharmacy,Amravati 44500