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Jim Beaver - 21 Apr 2004 02:32 GMT

My wife lasted four months with Stage IV NSCLC with bone mets. She was just
starting some serious new medications, both anti-cancer and
anti-chemo-side-effect when she died last month. I've got quite a bit of
this stuff, a lot of it very expensive. Do I just throw it away or can I
give it to someone who needs it?

Jim Beaver

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Trish Knight - 21 Apr 2004 04:06 GMT

> My wife lasted four months with Stage IV NSCLC with bone mets. She was just
> starting some serious new medications, both anti-cancer and
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> Jim Beaver

Hi Jim,
I don't know what to do with the meds....I'm very sorry about your wife.
Please accept my sympathies.

Trish

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LarryM - 21 Apr 2004 04:22 GMT

>My wife lasted four months with Stage IV NSCLC with bone mets. She was just
>starting some serious new medications, both anti-cancer and
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>Jim Beaver

Jim, I'm sorry to hear of your loss.

As for the medications, I'd talk to her doctors and the suppliers of
the medication and see what they say. Likely, there are quite a few
rules on how medicines are handled.
--
"Even as a survivor I'm still fighting cancer!"
Larry @ www.gotCancer.org

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bj - 21 Apr 2004 04:38 GMT

I'm sorry for your loss.

If there isn't some way to give the meds to other people, try asking at a
(larger or specialty) vet hospital or local humane society. I've given my
vet leftover meds a few times -- meds that I no longer used as well as both
doggie & people-meds that my dogs no longer needed.
bj

> My wife lasted four months with Stage IV NSCLC with bone mets. She was just
> starting some serious new medications, both anti-cancer and
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> Jim Beaver

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Alayne - 21 Apr 2004 07:26 GMT

> My wife lasted four months with Stage IV NSCLC with bone mets. She was just
> starting some serious new medications, both anti-cancer and
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> Jim Beaver

I'm sorry to hear of your loss Jim, how are you coping?

When Tony died I took his medications back to the chemist (but then I am in
the UK and they were free of charge).

Hugs to you.

Alayne

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wolfgang - 21 Apr 2004 13:13 GMT

I too am sorry for your loss.

I regret that I don't have the info, but I do know that there is a
legitimate organization that "recycles" unused meds.

Don't throw them out, and maybe hold off the Vet option until we find
out who this organization is.

Ron

>My wife lasted four months with Stage IV NSCLC with bone mets. She was just
>starting some serious new medications, both anti-cancer and
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>Jim Beaver

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Socks the white house cat - 21 Apr 2004 15:01 GMT

Someday in the distant future, archeologists digging thru the ruins of
alt.support.cancer will discover that wolfgang
<wolfgangNOSPAM@juno.com> had this to say on 21 Apr 2004:

> I too am sorry for your loss.
>
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> Don't throw them out, and maybe hold off the Vet option until we find
> out who this organization is.

The SF Aids Foundation has a list of recyclers of Aids meds. Perhaps one
of those operations either will take cancer meds, or know who does.

http://www.thebody.com/sfaf/recycle.html

It looks though like the drugs would end up going overseas. A google
search found numerous discussions of the issue, all of which suggested that
it was illegal under various state laws.

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J - 22 Apr 2004 00:41 GMT

> My wife lasted four months with Stage IV NSCLC with bone mets. She was just
> starting some serious new medications, both anti-cancer and
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> Jim Beaver

My sincere condolences, Jim.
There's a website here that mentions cancer
http://www.madre.org/medicalproject.html
Under contacts there's US e-mail addresses and phone numbers, so perhaps you
could contact them?
You could provide them the names and expiry dates and see if they are interested
and if there's a local drop off place where they will accept them.

Meantime, if you wish to stay around here, you are very welcome.
There's a thread "6 weeks today" that you may wish to join in on. Sometimes it
helps some to share with others.
My best to you and your family, whatever you decide.
Take good care of you.
J

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