Another Dr. OZ question....

i'd like to assume he's talking figuratively, not literally -

but ya, that's kinda dopeish to be saying that -

can't trust anything you hear on tv - or a man wearing women's clothes

so what do you think of brucelyn ????

Um, no, I think he means it literally cuz he says it often and if he doesn't mean it literally then he should be more careful about his choice of words and be clear that the proper way to dispose of them is taking them to a pharmacy for proper disposal...I just assumed that there was no regulation in the US about that which kinda floors me.

I'd rather not voice my opinion on the matter of Bruce lol, I don't understand it because I've never experienced it in my life (for myself or anyone I've ever known) so I don't want to judge or support something I just can't wrap my head around.

So what does the pharmacy do with the pills I wonder? Put them on a rocket and send them into the sun? Put them with medical waste to be burned, so then it goes into the atmosphere to rain back down? Bury it so it can slowly leak into underground water supply? I really don't know but I seriously doubt the amount people would flush down their toilet wouldn't even equate to a drop of water into the supply, especially once you think of all the other hard metals and toxins that seep into our water supply naturally and the amount of toxic waste that industry dumps into rivers is a much bigger concern in my eyes.

So my guess is, Dr. Oz is serious about flushing them, maybe it isn't what others say but maybe he just figures it really is an overblown issue to actually return them and the minute damage to water it does pales against the real issues facing water supplies for humans.

The only reason I ever remember hearing about why kids hit puberty early is solely due to hormones they pump up chickens and cows with, which sounds way more plausible to me, I'm not being argumentative I just find that type of study a little skewed sounding to me to blame that on the water when our food is so full of hormones and steroids.

And now thinking this through a little more, do antibotics breakdown in the body? Or do we actually end up peeing or pooping them out in the same form, which would also be the same as flushing them? I wonder this because I know a lot of drugs like Acid, mushrooms don't change in the body and you actually pee out the drug in the same molecule structure that you put them in your body, technically making them a great drug to recycle if you had the knowledge to isolate them in your urine.

I can't find it - In any case I'm sure there's a ton of crap in the water that would surprise us aside from meds. Like gut bacteria studies I'm sure findings also vary quite considerably as to what is the worst and highest. Either way I try no to drink tap or well water anymore without filtration.

However I'm quite shocked Dr. Oz would tell people to "flush" their meds... That's crazy. Everyone I know takes them to the pharmacy as they properly (hopefully) dispose of them for free.

I assume he is just not thinking when he says to "flush" - his message is about using alternatives and getting rid of prescriptions. so he could have just as easily said "toss" or "scrap".

The man's intent is not to advise on medication disposal.

I don't like him. But it does help to put statments in context if yo are trying to understand things like this.