Campbell County, Wyoming – The Campbell County Public Health officially becomes an active site for unused medication donations.
Prescription Medication
Normally, prescription medications that are necessary for treatment are very costly. Those without health care insurance strive hard in obtaining such medication or struggling to pay for urgent care clinic services due to financial constraints. These medications are urgent care and treatment, but many people can not afford it. To address the increasing issues, the Wyoming Medication Donation Program was initiated since 2007, continuously relieving medication burdens. The program has helped many residents in ensuring the proper medication they need to keep healthy.
Official Donation Site
Just recently, the Campbell County Public Health office will take part in the same program, becoming an official site for unused medication donations. The health nursing supervisor of the office, Kelly Hubbard said in a statement that their office will become an official drop-off site starting Monday. Their application was made earlier this year and received the approval this June. The medication donation program will be beneficial for the entire community, Hubbard noted. Different types of medications from private individuals, urgent care clinics, and other donors will be accepted, and will be transported to the Wyoming Department of Health as the processing center of the program. Hubbard emphasized that items will be catalogued at the center, and will be donated to eligible residents.
Proper Distribution
Basically, people who will receive donations are those without health care insurance, under-insured, as well as those with low income. They will be eligible to receive unused medication donations with a doctor’s prescription. Proper and responsible disposal of unusable medication donations is also part of the program, Hubbard said. Her office will only serve as a drop-off site, not a dispensing site. Those who wish to obtain donations must go directly to the Medication Donation Program. The program manager, Natasha Gallizzi explained that drop boxes for unused medications were spread widely in every city, locating them mostly in law enforcement buildings. However, the use of drop boxes is not the same with that of a donation site.
Drug Donation Program Act
Through the Drug Donation Porgram Act in 2005, and the Wyoming Medication Donation Program in 2007, many residents have been helped in their medication needs. They considered the program as a sort of an urgent care near me facility. Plans on statewide expansion continues as organizations and health offices gradually join in the program. Gallizzi emphasized that since the program’s initiation until the end of 2013, the retail value of unused medication donations had totaled to $5.6 million.
