161 - My Loss Is Your Gain! How Drug Repository Programs Are Helping Patients Afford High-cost Medications

HelixTalk - Rosalind Franklin University's College of Pharmacy Podcast

Sean P. Kane, PharmD, BCPS

Health & Fitness, Medications, Rosalindfranklin, Rfums, Pharmacy, Pharmd, Pharmacist, Medicine, Drugs

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🗓️ 21 February 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we interview Dr. Shannon Rotolo and Dr. Alex Berce regarding Illinois and Wisconsin drug repository programs – these are programs that allow certain medications to be donated to participating sites and then redistributed to patients at a very low dispensing cost.

Key Concepts

Drug repository programs allow participating sites to accept certain donated medications and redistribute these medications to needy patients at a very low dispensing cost.
Drug repository programs are regulated by state law and the specifics of the process do vary by state. In Illinois and Wisconsin, donated medications must be in their original containers with tamper-evident packaging, cannot be controlled substances, and must have a 90-day expiration window at the time of donation.
Pharmacists can play an important role in advocating for patients and the profession of pharmacy. The involvement of pharmacists in legislation is critical to make sure that new laws are actually “functional” and can achieve their intended purpose.

References

Illinois Prescription Drug Repository Program. https://www.ilrxdrugrepository.org/
Illinois General Assembly - Illinois Drug Reuse Opportunity Program Act. https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=4192&ChapterID=35
Wisconsin Drug Repository Program. https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/guide/cancer-drugrepo.htm
Wisconsin State Legislature - Drug Repository Program. https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/code/admin_code/dhs/110/148
State Prescription Drug Repository Programs. National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL). https://www.ncsl.org/research/health/state-prescription-drug-return-reuse-and-recycling.aspx

For additional information about our guests, contact Dr. Shannon Rotolo at [email protected] or Dr. Alex Berce at [email protected].

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0:00.0	Welcome to Helix Talk, an educational podcast for healthcare students and providers covering real-life clinical pearls, professional pharmacy topics, and drug therapy discussions.
0:11.0	This podcast is provided by pharmacists and faculty members at Rosal Franklin University College of Pharmacy.
0:17.0	This podcast contains general information for educational purposes only. This is not professional
0:22.4	advice and should not be used in lieu of obtaining advice from a qualified health care provider.
0:27.1	And now on to the show. Welcome to Helix Talk episode 161. I'm your co-host Dr. Kane.
0:36.0	And I'm Dr. Patel. And the title of today's episode is, My Loss is Your G-host, Dr. Kane. And I'm Dr. Patel.
0:39.3	And the title of today's episode is,
0:43.0	My Loss is Your Gain, How Drug Repository Programs,
0:45.8	are helping patients afford high-cost medications.
0:50.8	Dr. Kane, I love this topic because I practice in Wisconsin, and I kid you not, for how many patients I have who cannot afford their
0:55.3	medications, don't have good insurance, can't go through PAP programs and stuff, I have utilized
1:01.4	this program.
1:02.4	It's a boon for those who need like high-cost medications and can't get them.
1:07.5	Yeah.
1:08.5	And Dr. Patel, prior to designing this episode, I had actually not even
1:11.6	heard about prescription drug repository programs. So one goal I have today is to have health care
1:17.9	providers understand what this is. And we're focusing on the state of Illinois and Wisconsin,
1:21.8	but these are national programs. About 40 states in the U.S. have a program like this.
1:27.8	And I think that better understanding of the program makes the program work better.
1:32.1	And I think the listeners will understand why in a little bit.
1:35.5	Yeah.
1:35.8	And from my knowledge, most of these repository programs were started off as
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