Opioid packaging often lacks info on safe storage and disposal

Messages relating to safe storage and disposal of prescription opioids are inconsistent and are often not included on package insert information, according to a research letter published online April 17 in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore characterized messages on storage and disposal in package inserts for six commonly prescribed and misused types of opioid analgesics. Package inserts were extracted from a 10 percent random sample of products from each type. The researchers identified one message on safe storage and three on safe disposal among the 98 reviewed package inserts (MPR HealthDay News, 17 April 2018).
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