CancerCompass message board discussion started by Hersheysmom on 4/21/2007 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,11482,0.htm Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Is there anyone out there who has been prescribed Lovenox shots to help with blood thinning?  My mother recently passed away and we have 5 boxes of 10 .6mL Syringes each.  They are sealed  so it is obvious that they can't have been tampered with, but I have not found any organization that will accept medication donations.  I'm sure there is someone who's insurance may not be very good and could use any help available, I know these are very expensive, even with insurance, copayments can be high. Hersheysmom Sat, 21 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT I would suggest checking with the clinics in your area that offer reduced or free services, they could probably make use of these shot.  These shots are expensive, I have a partial box of them.  If you've already checked with clinics, call the pharmacy where the shots were purchased and ask them if they know anyone that can use them or take them. Here is a website that you can go to that accepts medications to use in other countries:   http://www.aids.org/atn/a-244-11.html   Also, try contacting your local red cross organization.  Here's another site that will even take opened bottles:http://www.thestarfishproject.org/faqs.cfm Tlc1angel Fri, 04 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT I have a 20 year old that takes heprin shot in her belly daily as blood thinner.Kellie kelliejo2 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT  On 4/21/2007 Hersheysmom wrote:Is there anyone out there who has been prescribed Lovenox shots to help with blood thinning?  My mother recently passed away and we have 5 boxes of 10 .6mL Syringes each.  They are sealed  so it is obvious that they can't have been tampered with, but I have not found any organization that will accept medication donations.  I'm sure there is someone who's insurance may not be very good and could use any help available, I know these are very expensive, even with insurance, copayments can be high.I had many syringes of saline solution and heparin left after I completed treatment as well as some medical supplies and I hated to throw them in the garbage.  When my husband was under the care of Hospice I know his nurse gave us some meds that my husband was on (very expensive and only partly covered by insurance) - that came from a patient that had passed away - they were a God send.  With that thought in mind I called Hospice in the next larger town over (12 miles away) and asked them if they took medical items.  They said to bring them in - they don't use them but make sure they get to organizations that can use them.  Try calling a couple of local Hospices,  Dlynn1210 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT  On 5/4/2007 Tlc1angel wrote:I would suggest checking with the clinics in your area that offer reduced or free services, they could probably make use of these shot.  These shots are expensive, I have a partial box of them.  If you've already checked with clinics, call the pharmacy where the shots were purchased and ask them if they know anyone that can use them or take them. Here is a website that you can go to that accepts medications to use in other countries:   http://www.aids.org/atn/a-244-11.html   Also, try contacting your local red cross organization.  Here's another site that will even take opened bottles:http://www.thestarfishproject.org/faqs.cfm Thank you for the starfishproject.org link - I have quite a few meds left over also (gave heparin and saline syringes to Hospice) and I will contact them.  The other linke for www.aids.org/atn/a-244-11.html did not work though - it said page couldn't be found. Dlynn1210 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT