MedSafe is an unused and expired medication disposal system. MedSafe receptacles accept controlled (Schedules II-V), non-controlled, and over-the-counter medicines. Medications are destroyed using incineration, meeting the DEA's destruction standard of non-retrievability
In Sedgwick County, MedSafe collection receptacles can be found in some pharmacies as well as the following police stations: Bel Aire, Cheney, Clearwater, Haysville, Kechi, Mulvane and Valley Center.
Please check the list below to see which items are accepted for disposal and which are not.
- Accepted
- Tablets and capsules in prescription bottles
- Solutions, suspensions, and elixirs in original prescription bottles
- Suppositories and patches
- Vitamins
- Medicated lotions and ointments
- Liquid medications in leak-proof containers
- Schedule II drugs (ex. morphine, oxycodone)
- Schedule III drugs (ex. ketamine, anabolic steroids)
- Schedule IV drugs (ex. tramadol, alprazolam)
- Schedule V drugs (ex. cough medicine, antidiarrheal medications)
- Not accepted
- Illicit or "street" drugs (ex. heroine, mescaline, marijuana)
- Batteries
- Inhalers
- Medical devices
- Illicit medications
- Hazardous materials or chemicals
- Syringes of all kinds
- Needles (sharps)
- Thermometers
- Infectious waste or medical waste
- Personal-care products
