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Offline a2z

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What to do with excess medication
« on: December 07, 2014, 04:42:28 pm »
Let me ask this two ways:

1) As a general rule, what should one do with extra, unexpired HIV medication (regardless of what it is) they no longer need?

2) I have 15 extra Isentress pills from when I made my regimen change earlier this year.  Now that I'm sure this new regimen is working, I'd like to get these pills to someone who needs them.  How can I best do this?

Hopefully this is the right place to post; I couldn't find a category that I thought fit better.  Moderators, please move if I picked the wrong category.
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5/23/14: CD4 895 --.-% VL UD - Truvada/Isentress
09/21/09: CD4 898 27.0% VL 120 - back on track, same meds.High level enzymes, but less so
06/15/09: CD4 478 21.8% VL 1150 - high liver enzymes... looks like I may not be resistant
05/22/09: Fixed insurance, resumed medicine
04/17/09: Ran out of medicine, could not resolve insurance problems
04/01/09: CD4 773 28% VL 120 - high liver enzymes
12/01/08: CD4 514 23% VL 630
10/17/08 started Reyataz, Norvir and Truvada. -- possibly minor neuropathy, but otherwise okay.
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Offline Jeff G

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Re: What to do with excess medication
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2014, 05:22:34 pm »
If someone is interested they can contact you with a PM and you can work it out in private … Im sure there will be a taker .
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Offline a2z

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Re: What to do with excess medication
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2014, 11:12:13 am »
Surprisingly enough 0 takers so far.  I'll just take the first one.

As a general rule, is this how we should do it?
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Dates are blood draw dates:
3/12/15: CD4 941, 36.4%, VL UD
9/4/14: CD4 948, 37.9%, VL 150
5/23/14: CD4 895 --.-% VL UD - Truvada/Isentress
09/21/09: CD4 898 27.0% VL 120 - back on track, same meds.High level enzymes, but less so
06/15/09: CD4 478 21.8% VL 1150 - high liver enzymes... looks like I may not be resistant
05/22/09: Fixed insurance, resumed medicine
04/17/09: Ran out of medicine, could not resolve insurance problems
04/01/09: CD4 773 28% VL 120 - high liver enzymes
12/01/08: CD4 514 23% VL 630
10/17/08 started Reyataz, Norvir and Truvada. -- possibly minor neuropathy, but otherwise okay.
9/10/08: CD4 345 17%, VL > 78K
8/18/08: CD4 312 18%, VL > 60K (considering meds)
12/19/07: CD4 550 28% VL > 100K (no meds yet)
Diagnosed 10/23/07

Offline Miss Philicia

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Re: What to do with excess medication
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2014, 11:14:08 am »
My HIV clinic will take excess medications
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Offline a2z

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Re: What to do with excess medication
« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2014, 11:15:47 am »
PM address and I'll send out this weekend.
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Dates are blood draw dates:
3/12/15: CD4 941, 36.4%, VL UD
9/4/14: CD4 948, 37.9%, VL 150
5/23/14: CD4 895 --.-% VL UD - Truvada/Isentress
09/21/09: CD4 898 27.0% VL 120 - back on track, same meds.High level enzymes, but less so
06/15/09: CD4 478 21.8% VL 1150 - high liver enzymes... looks like I may not be resistant
05/22/09: Fixed insurance, resumed medicine
04/17/09: Ran out of medicine, could not resolve insurance problems
04/01/09: CD4 773 28% VL 120 - high liver enzymes
12/01/08: CD4 514 23% VL 630
10/17/08 started Reyataz, Norvir and Truvada. -- possibly minor neuropathy, but otherwise okay.
9/10/08: CD4 345 17%, VL > 78K
8/18/08: CD4 312 18%, VL > 60K (considering meds)
12/19/07: CD4 550 28% VL > 100K (no meds yet)
Diagnosed 10/23/07

Offline poztraveler2014

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Re: What to do with excess medication
« Reply #5 on: December 09, 2014, 05:20:48 pm »
you should consider sending them to Ecuador where the stupid government keeps restricting medications.
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Offline initforlife

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Re: What to do with excess medication
« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2014, 10:51:16 am »
http://aidforaids.org/hiv-recycling-program/  just saw this on the top of this site ! my Id dr took mine back to give to others in need
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Offline metekrop

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Re: What to do with excess medication
« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2014, 02:05:26 pm »
Quote from: a2z on December 07, 2014, 04:42:28 pm
Let me ask this two ways:


2) I have 15 extra Isentress pills from when I made my regimen change earlier this year.

I don't think that 15 pills makes a difference in HIV people's life. If you have 15 piles which you no longer don't use, just destroy them. Because the person need to be able to have a source which gives him the meds for life.
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Offline marcmoral16

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Re: What to do with excess medication
« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2014, 04:11:35 pm »
Quote from: metekrop on December 11, 2014, 02:05:26 pm
I don't think that 15 pills makes a difference in HIV people's life. If you have 15 piles which you no longer don't use, just destroy them. Because the person need to be able to have a source which gives him the meds for life.

That makes absolutely no sense. That's the difference between someone waiting on their perscription to come and not having pills. If it's going to take 3-4 days to get the script for what ever reason dr screw up, insurance lapse whatever it may be. 

Someone will need them.....somewhere to hold them over.
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Offline Dan0

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Re: What to do with excess medication
« Reply #9 on: December 11, 2014, 04:16:58 pm »
Quote from: metekrop on December 11, 2014, 02:05:26 pm
I don't think that 15 pills makes a difference in HIV people's life. If you have 15 piles which you no longer don't use, just destroy them. Because the person need to be able to have a source which gives him the meds for life.

I'm not certain to what degree of angry I should be. Those 15 pills could be ALL the difference in the life of a person with HIV.  To flush them would be possibly one of the most selfish acts I can think of at the moment.
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Offline Jeff G

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Re: What to do with excess medication
« Reply #10 on: December 11, 2014, 04:19:12 pm »
I agree … 15 pills is a half of a months supply and that is allot really .
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Offline mitch777

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Re: What to do with excess medication
« Reply #11 on: December 11, 2014, 05:27:55 pm »
Quote from: metekrop on December 11, 2014, 02:05:26 pm
I don't think that 15 pills makes a difference in HIV people's life. If you have 15 piles which you no longer don't use, just destroy them. Because the person need to be able to have a source which gives him the meds for life.

I usually try not to pile on but I can't tell you how many times that I've seen here on this forum that those 15 EXPENSIVE LIFE SAVING MEDS would have helped someone in need. Some have glitches in dealing with their insurance company (like me) and thankfully by posting it I was rewarded by another member and have paid it forward countless times to others. I'm a bit dumbfounded at your response to say the least.

Edited to add: Sadly, my ASO and docs office will not accept extra meds.
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Offline Schnauzer

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Re: What to do with excess medication
« Reply #12 on: January 26, 2015, 01:31:33 pm »
I have many unopened, unexpired bottles of Truvada that I'd be happy to part with. If anybody needs them. PM me.
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