#prescription drugs

This year there have been 33 traffic fatalities on Hawai‘i Island roads, with impairment a factor in 14, or 42%, of those deaths.

Drug take-back sites will be located at the Hawai‘i Police Department’s Kona Station parking lot and the Ka Waena Lapa‘au Medical Complex in Hilo.

U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono from Hawaiʻi will answer kūpuna questions on how the Inflation Reduction Act will lower prescription drug prices for Medicare recipients at a live telephone forum sponsored by AARP Hawaiʻi on Dec. 17.

The Hawaiʻi Police Department is reminding the public that Saturday, April 27, 2019, is National Take-Back Day.

The Hawai‘i State Senate Majority announces that those people addicted to drugs would get a boost in their fight to combat their illness under Senate Bill 2010.

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard: “… across the country, we continue to see nursing workforce shortages, especially in our rural and underserved communities, like those in my home state of Hawai‘i.”

Over 42 million Americans who are enrolled in Medicare Part D continue to face rising costs on brand name drugs, fewer generic drugs, and higher premiums making it difficult, if not impossible, for many to fill their prescriptions.

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard voted against partisan legislation that would threaten the health and wellbeing of millions of Americans.

This service is free, anonymous and no questions are asked. Tablets, capsules and all other solid dosage forms of medication will be accepted. New or used needles and syringes will not be accepted.

Attorney General Doug Chin yesterday filed a federal lawsuit with 19 other states against generic drug makers.

From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Ka Waena Lapa’au Medical Complex in Hilo and at the Hawai’i Police Department Kona Station, unused prescription medications, including tablets, capsules, and other solid dosage forms of mediation, will be collected.

Hawai’i’s participation in the 10th Annual National Take Back Initiative is scheduled for Sept. 26.