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Prescription Predicament is the Topic on the next Live Call the Doctor on WVIA
When you look into your medicine cabinet, you see your medical history, which may include leftover pain medication, antibiotic pills, cholesterol lowering medication, small bottles half-filled with potent medicine and elixirs no good to anyone.
How do you dispose of them? Why shouldn't you toss them in the garbage or flush them down the toilet? Our panel will provide proper ways to rid your life of those unwanted medications and supply valuable information so you can overcome the prescription predicament.
Joining Moderator George Thomas on our panel are John Jones, a pharmacist with Geisinger Health System, Robert Buehner Jr , Montour County DA, John Arway, Executive Director of the Fish and Wildlife Commission, Kara Malitsky, Pharm.D., R.Ph, Director of Pharmacy Management at BlueCross of Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Viewers may call in questions during the live show at 1-800-326-9842 or submit their questions online at http://wviatv.org/live-show-comments.
An encore broadcast of this episode will air Sunday, Feb. 19 at 2 p.m. on WVIA-TV.
Within 24 hours of its live presentation this program will be made available online on WVIA ON DEMAND at http://wviaondemand.org/contusmore/?playid=2.
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(2012-02-08)
PITTSTON, PA
(wvia) -
What's the best way to discard medicine you no longer need? Find out as the doctors on an all-new live Call the Doctor discuss the Prescription Predicament, Tuesday, Feb. 14 at 7 p.m. on WVIA TV.When you look into your medicine cabinet, you see your medical history, which may include leftover pain medication, antibiotic pills, cholesterol lowering medication, small bottles half-filled with potent medicine and elixirs no good to anyone.
How do you dispose of them? Why shouldn't you toss them in the garbage or flush them down the toilet? Our panel will provide proper ways to rid your life of those unwanted medications and supply valuable information so you can overcome the prescription predicament.
Joining Moderator George Thomas on our panel are John Jones, a pharmacist with Geisinger Health System, Robert Buehner Jr , Montour County DA, John Arway, Executive Director of the Fish and Wildlife Commission, Kara Malitsky, Pharm.D., R.Ph, Director of Pharmacy Management at BlueCross of Northeastern Pennsylvania.
Viewers may call in questions during the live show at 1-800-326-9842 or submit their questions online at http://wviatv.org/live-show-comments.
An encore broadcast of this episode will air Sunday, Feb. 19 at 2 p.m. on WVIA-TV.
Within 24 hours of its live presentation this program will be made available online on WVIA ON DEMAND at http://wviaondemand.org/contusmore/?playid=2.
© Copyright 2013, wvia
