AMA urges participation in Prescription Drug Take Back Day

CHICAGO — The nation’s doctors are urging their patients to participate in Saturday’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day by checking their medicine cabinets and taking unused and expired medicine to one of the thousands of drop-off sites.

“Physicians should talk to their patients about what medicines are in their homes and what steps can be taken to reduce the likelihood of medicines falling into the wrong hands. All of us have a role in preventing drug addiction and overdose,” said American Medical Association President-elect Patrice A. Harris, M.D., chair of the AMA Opioid Task Force. “We all should channel Marie Kondo when looking at unused, unwanted and expired prescription medications.”