WELCOME BACK. EXPERTS SAY. >>CORLEY PEEL: STEALING NEWS, PAINKILLERS AND PRESCRIPTIONS
IS AN EASY WAY FOR THOSE
STRUGGLING WITH ABUSE TO GET
THEIR HANDS ON DRUGS AND USE
OPIOIDS THROWN IN THE TRASH OR
FORGOT ABOUT CAN ALSO BE
STOLEN AND SOLD ILLEGALLY.
THAT’S WHY THE DEA AND SEVERAL
LOCAL HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS
ARE SPONSORING DRUG. TAKE BACK
EVENTS TODAY. MORE ABOUT HOW
THIS EVENT WORKS IN THE MAJOR
IMPACT. THE SMALL LEFTOVER
PILLS CAN HAVE DOCTOR JUSTIN
EATING FROM ORANGE PARK
HOSPITAL IS JOINING US LIVE.
GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR JOINING US.
>> ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> FIRST OFF, LET’S JUST START
ABOUT.
>>CORLEY PEEL: DISCUSSING THE
ISSUE THAT IS IMPACTING THE
OPIOID EPIDEMIC.
>> YES, IT’S IT’S STILL A
SIGNIFICANT DESPITE THINGS
HAVE BEEN DONE BOTH LOCALLY
AND NATIONALLY TO TRY TO CUT
DOWN ON THE USE OF OPIATES AND
ONE OF THE MAIN WAYS THAT
OPIATE GET THERE OR THE WAY
THE JOB IS MAKE THE RACE ARE
UNUSED PAIN MEDICATIONS THAT
PEOPLE MAY HAVE BEEN
PRESCRIBED FOR MINOR
PROCEDURES AND THEY DIDN’T
TAKE THE ENTIRE AMOUNT THAT
THEY’RE PRESCRIBED. AND THEN
IN VARIOUS WAYS, THE SKILLS
FIND THEIR WAY TO THE STREETS.
>>CORLEY PEEL: AND HOW DOES
THE DRUG TAKE BACK PROCESS
WORK?
>> WELL, SO THERE’S AREAS
THROUGHOUT THE ORANGE PARK
HOSPITAL BEING ONE OF THOSE
WHERE YOU CAN BRING ANY
MEDICATION PRESCRIBED TO YOU
OR SOMEONE AND TURN INTO A
LICENSED PHARMACIST OR
HOSPITAL AND WE WILL ENSURE
THAT THOSE MEDICATIONS ARE
PROPERLY DISPOSED OF AND
ELIMINATE ANY CHANCE THEM
ENDING UP IN THE HANDS OF
SOMEONE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY
HARM.
>>CORLEY PEEL: AND I FEEL LIKE
I’VE HEARD IN THE PAST THAT,
YOU KNOW, PARENTS LEAVING
AROUND DRUGS THAT THEY’VE USED
WHEN THEY’VE HAD AN INJURY OR
SOMETHING KIDS GETTING HOLD OF
THEM LEADING TO ADDICTION. I
MEAN, IS THAT COMMON?
>> WELL, CDC REPORTS THAT
ABOUT 50,000 CHILDREN EVERY
YEAR ARE SEEN IN EMERGENCY
ROOMS FOR UNINTENTIONAL
MEDICATION, EXPOSURE MOST OF
THE TIME. THAT’S FROM THE
MEDICATIONS THAT ARE SITTING
IN THE BACK OF YOUR CABINET
THAT YOU MAY HAVE EVEN
FORGOTTEN OR THERE YOUR CHILD
HIGH AND REALLY GETS INTO THEM
AND SOMETIMES AND JUST THEM.
SO IT’S IT’S A REAL ISSUE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS
TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. AND I
STRONGLY ENCOURAGE ANYONE THAT
HAS ANY MEDICATIONS, NOT JUST
PAIN MEDICATIONS, THAT THEY’RE
NO LONGER FIND A LOCAL AREA
WHERE THEY CAN PROPERLY
DISPOSE OF THESE MEDICINES.
>>CORLEY PEEL: AND WHAT WOULD
YOU SAY TO THOSE WHO ARE
HOLDING ON TO THOSE UNUSED
PRESCRIPTIONS? JUST IN CASE?
>> WELL, SO THAT PRESENTS A
COUPLE OF EVERY MEDICATION HAS
AN EXPIRATION DATE. IT’S
USUALLY ABOUT 12 MONTHS FROM
THE TIME IT WAS PRESCRIBED.
AND NOT ONLY IS CHANGE THEIR
CHEMICAL PROPERTIES, BUT MORE
IMPORTANTLY, MOST OF THEM LOSE
THEIR POTENCY SO MEDICAID TO
PRESCRIBE A FEW YEARS AGO.
LET’S SAY FOR SOME KIND OF
UPPER ST INFECTION MAY NOT
HAVE THE SAME POTENCY. SO
YOU’RE NOT GETTING THE EFFECT
THAT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR
>> ON TOP OF
>> YOU KNOW, IT ANYTIME A
MEDICATION IS NOT TAKEN.
>> TO FOR THE FULLY TIME AS
PRESCRIBED CAN CAN CAUSE
ISSUES. AND THEN OFTENTIMES
PEOPLE CHANGE BLOOD PRESSURE
MEDICINES, AND DIABETES
MEDICINES, AND THEY DON’T
DISPOSE OF THE OTHER
MEDICATIONS AND THERE’S BEEN A
FAIR NUMBER OF CASES ELDERLY
ACCIDENTLY TAKE THE WRONG
MEDICINE THINKING IT’S
SOMETHING IT’S ALL ABOUT NOT
GETTING THE THE EFFECT THAT
THAT YOU THINK THAT YOU’RE AND
LEADING TO SOME VERY DANGEROUS
AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY SIDE
EFFECTS.
>> DEFINITELY IMPORTANT THINGS
TO BE AWARE OF. AND ANOTHER
THING, TOO. I MEAN, IT JUST
GETS IN THE HANDS OF THE WRONG
PERSON. IF YOU LEAVE THEM
LYING AROUND, SOMEONE BREAKS
INTO YOUR HOME, THINGS LIKE
THAT. IT COULD JUST END UP OUT
ON THE STREET. AND THAT’S, YOU
KNOW, SUCH OF OPIOIDS ARE ONE
OF THE TOP KILLERS IN OUR
COUNTRY. YOU A LOT IT, EVEN
THOUGH WE OUTREACH PROGRAMS IN
THE COMMUNITY TO HELP WITH
NARCOTIC ADDICTION IS STILL A
MAJOR PROBLEM. NOT ONLY HERE
IN BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
HAVE BEEN PRETTY MUCH PATIENTS
THAT COME IN BECAUSE OF OPIATE
THAT HAVE TO RECEIVE, YOU
KNOW, RESUSCITATE OF
MEDICATIONS. AND THE MORE WE
CAN DO TO KEEP THESE
MEDICATIONS OUT OF THE OF THE
COMMUNITY, THE BETTER WELL
BEFORE IT.
>>CORLEY PEEL: ALL RIGHT.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH,
DOCTOR DEAN FOR JOINING US
THIS MORNING. THERE ARE DOZENS
OF LOCATIONS AVAILABLE ACROSS
OUR AREA WHERE YOU CAN DROP
OFF PRESCRIPTIONS. THE EVENT
RUNS FROM 10:00AM UNTIL