Table 3.
Medication disposal practice.
| Categories | n (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| What did you do with unused medicines? | Kept in home until expired | 320 (64.4) |
| Threw away in household garbage | 144 (29.0) | |
| Gave to friends/relatives | 22 (4.4) | |
| Flushed down to the toilet or sink | 9 (1.8) | |
| Donated to the hospital | 2 (0.4) | |
| What did you do with expired medicines? | Threw away in household garbage | 408 (82.1) |
| Did not know | 40 (8.0) | |
| Flushed down to the toilet or sink | 26 (5.3) | |
| Burned the medicine | 20 (4.0) | |
| Gave to friends/relatives | 2 (0.4) | |
| Returned it to pharmacy | 1 (0.2) | |
| Did you ever receive information about proper medication disposal practice? | Yes | 102 (20.5) |
| No | 395 (79.5) | |
| Did you know that improper medication disposal could harm the environment and population health? | Yes | 233 (46.9) |
| No | 264 (53.1) | |
| Did you think education on proper medication disposal methods was necessary? | Yes | 478 (96.2) |
| No | 4 (0.8) | |
| Did not know | 15 (3.0) |