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DUMP-ing Unused Medication

Prof Dr Debra Sim Si Mui, Department of Pharmacology, University of Malaya

22-Jan-19 16:00

DUMP-ing Unused Medication

What do you do with medications that you don’t need anymore? Do you throw them away, flush them down the toilet or give them to someone else? Prof Dr Debra Sim Si Mui, from the Department of Pharmacology, University of Malaya, explains how to dispose unused medications safely.

Produced by: Tee Shiao Eek and Raghu Sharma

Presented by: Tee Shiao Eek


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