Lang
10/27/19
Hy-Vee food stores are joining the fight against opioid addiction.
The supermarket chain has announced that beginning on November 7th all 276 of its locations will have drug take-back receptacles installed in their pharmacy areas.
Hy-Vee says the availability of the receptacles will provide customers with a safe and responsible way to dispose of unused, unwanted or expired drugs and remove them from the environment.
Hy-Vee has also announced that effective immediately all Hy-Vee Pharmacy locations will limit the initial quantity of opioids prescribed for treatment of acute pain to seven days – or fewer days where state law or a third-party payor requires.
The new seven-day limit does not apply to chronic pain; pain being treated as a part of cancer care, hospice or other end-of-life care; pain being treated as part of palliative care practices; and medications used to treat opioid addiction.
In January 2019, Hy-Vee announced that its pharmacies would no longer allow a subsequent fill of a Schedule II controlled substance, or a refill of a Schedule III or Schedule IV controlled substance more than 72 hours early without authorization from the prescriber.