CDSCO Drug Disposal Guidelines: Often we buy medicines for emergency, but when they expire or do not use it, throw them directly into the dustbin. But do you know that some medicines are so dangerous that if they are not destroyed properly, they can cause huge damage to children, pets and environment? In view of this danger, India’s largest drug regulatory organization CDSCO (Central Drugs Standard Control Organization) has released a list of 17 drugs which if not to be used, should be flown in the telelet.
Why is it a better way to flush some medicines?
These drugs are usually used in the treatment of severe pain, anxiety, depression, or drug addiction. But if these drugs get in the wrong hands, then it can prove to be fatal. Children are all serious risk, eaten by animals or misuse of garbage. Therefore, CDSCO has advised that these drugs should be flushed immediately instead of gathering in the house.
17 drugs to be flushed by CDSCO:
- Fantanel
- Fantanel citrate
- Diazepam
- Buprainorphin
- Buprainorphin hydrochloride
- Morphine sulfate
- Methadone hydrochloride
- Hydromorphone hydrochloride
- Hydrocodone bitartrate
- Tapentadol
- Oxicodone hydrochloride
- Oxycodone
- Oxymorphone hydrochloride
- Sodium oxibate
- Tramadol
- Methylphate
- Mapidine hydrochloride
What to do the rest of the medicines?
If you do not have the list of list above, then Drug Take Back Programmes are the most correct option for the rest of the drugs. In India, now such programs are starting gradually in which expired or used medicines are collected and destroyed in a scientific manner.
How dangerous the wrong disposal of medicines?
If medicines are dumped in normal garbage, they can mix water pollution in water sources. This can cause serious health problems like Drug Resistance, which can further neutralize antibiotics. This is not only a threat to human health but is also fatal to the environment and ecosystem.