Va puget sound’s rx take-back event | va puget sound health care | veterans affairs

Seattle , WA — SEATTLE, WA—As part of the Dept of Veterans Affairs nationwide effort to assist Veterans and local community to dispose of unused or expired prescriptions or over-the-counter

drugs, VA Puget Sound Health Care System is hosting Rx Take-Back Events in April at its campuses in Seattle and Lakewood, WA. SEATTLE, WA—As part of the Department of Veterans Affairs

nationwide effort to assist Veterans and local community to dispose of unused or expired prescriptions or over-the-counter drugs, VA Puget Sound Health Care System is hosting Rx Take-Back

Events on April 25 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., at its main campuses in Seattle and Lakewood, Washington. “Keeping unused medications out of our lakes, our streams and the wrong hands is

important,” said VA Puget Sound Health Care System Associate Chief of Pharmacy Eric Chantelois. “By participating in VA Puget Sound’s Rx Take-Back Event, we can help you safely dispose of

expired or unwanted prescriptions—including controlled substance medication—and over-the-counter drugs.”  VA Puget Sound opens its doors to public participation during its Rx Take-Back

Event, offering safe disposal options for the public in alignment with the United States Drug Enforcement Agency’s twice yearly National Prescription Drug Take Back Days.  Prescription and

over-the-counter medications, including controlled substances and liquid medications, can be dropped off that Friday at these VA Puget Sound locations: * American Lake Campus: 9600 Veterans

Drive Southwest in Tacoma, Building 81, Pharmacy Lobby (Room 1089) * Seattle Campus: 1660 South Columbian Way. Building 100, Outpatient Pharmacy Lobby (Room 1D-145) Illegal drugs, needles

and sharps, medical devices or batteries, aerosol medications are not accepted. Along with Rx Take-Back drop off locations offered by VA Puget Sound, people can find authorized collection

sites by visiting the DEA Public Disposal Location search tool - 

https://apps.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/pubdispsearch/spring/main;jsessionid=ZRpOWuKgCnO1aUXHxUTdAMGhLTkDwLdg0YvVQqDB.web2?execution=e1s1. VA is committed to supporting the safe disposal of

unused controlled substance prescription medications for our Veterans and we look forward to participating in public Take Back events.  ABOUT VA PUGET SOUND: VA Puget Sound provides

comprehensive care to approximately 160,000 Veterans across the Pacific Northwest enrolled with a primary care team at one of its care sites: two main campuses (American Lake and Seattle),

six outpatient clinics (Mount Vernon, Oak Harbor, Olympia, Port Angeles, Puyallup and Silverdale) and two Community Resource & Referral Centers (Georgetown in Seattle and Renton). For

more information visit www.va.gov/puget-sound-health-care or call 800-329-8387.  For Veterans in Crisis, please use the Veterans Crisis line at 988 (press 1).