Thread: Excessive Pills
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Old Feb 10, 2011, 09:50 PM
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You should return your extra pills to the pharmacy to be disposed of properly.

I once had a box of pills, about the size of two shoe boxes. They were very tempting so I taped the box closed and wrote all over it -- Don't open this... go to the hospital...-- and so forth. For awhile I had it locked up in my shed. Then one time I was asked my plan and said I was going to open the box of pills and take them all. The nurse became upset and got my pdoc. She told me to bring the box to her. I refused. She wrote a long note on my chart. She advised me to go to the hospital if it got too bad. It did, and I called her and she said go to the hospital and bring the box. I finally did what she said. I turned the box into the nurses on the ward and they found 50 bottles of pills about half full. A ridiculous amount of drugs to have around when you are suicidal.

I don't know what I have now. I should look. I just know how to stock up. My insurance lets me get another prescription filled every 3 weeks... over a couple of months time you have an extra month of pills sitting around even though you have taken your meds regularly.

Sometimes I wish I still had the box.