dr 🛠️🛰️📡🎧:blobfoxcomputer:<p>After a recent surgery, a family member was prescribed powerful painkillers. The <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/pharmacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pharmacy</span></a> gave us packets of "DisposeRX" to get rid of extras, but the site is cagey about what this stuff actually is</p><p><a href="https://disposerx.com/drug-disposal-packets-education-and-partnerships/frequently-asked-questions-faqs/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">disposerx.com/drug-disposal-pa</span><span class="invisible">ckets-education-and-partnerships/frequently-asked-questions-faqs/</span></a></p><p>As a <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> experiment, I put a couple boring OTC pills into a pill bottle and "used as directed". It's formed an odorless, sticky goo.</p><p>It seems like something between Elmer's glue and Jell-O. Is that basically it?</p><p>In the case of potentially-harmful painkillers, could I not just stir the goo up and dollop it out to consume it?</p><p>The instructions want you to throw out the goo-bottle, but I don't see how that's significantly different than throwing out a non-goo bottle. Unless the water is activating the active ingredients this rendering them harmless...?</p><p>That's probably it. I bet I could teally just add water to the bottle to make this idea work. The gel makes it stick to the pills and non-spill.</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medical</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/chemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemistry</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/biochemisrry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biochemisrry</span></a></p>