Recently I had the opportunity to go back to West Virginia for the first time in about 30 years. My husband and I drove from North Carolina to the Mountain State at the invitation of Dr. Susan Bissett, president of West Virginia Drug Intervention Institute (WVDII). Susan and team host a monthly television program, Healing […]
DisposeRx Blog Posts
PharmD candidate sees value of educating patients and providing packets for at-home drug disposal
The passing of a loved one can be an overwhelming experience with the surviving spouse left to make many decisions all while grieving. One of those tasks is figuring out what to do with medicines that are no longer needed. This was the case for a patient assisted by Cammi Fletcher, a pharmacy intern volunteer […]
National Caregivers Month – An Interview with Dr. David Casarett
A Personal Tribute to Pharmacists
I grew up in an independent pharmacy in eastern North Carolina. For the first 10 years, I was a sickly child who frequented Paderick’s Pharmacy following visits to my pediatrician or the emergency room. And then in 1975, my mom married the pharmacist. Located in a strip shopping center sandwiched in between a grocery store […]
Prescription Drug Disposal Key to Preventing Medicine Cabinet Hoarding
In November 2018 my husband was in a serious accident. As a result, he had a total of nine surgeries and countless other procedures. Throughout these additional surgeries and his recovery, he was prescribed everything from opioids to anti-nausea medications… and everything in between. Fortunately, he didn’t need to use even half of the medications […]
