Avoid additional charges and reduce the risk of misuse by cancelling all medications and durable medical equipment.

1) Find the pharmacy phone number on the pill bottles

• If you can’t find the bottles, you can call the deceased’s doctor and ask if there are prescriptions that refill automatically and which pharmacy to call.

2) Call the pharmacy:

• Ask them to cancel automatically refilling prescriptions
• You can also ask the pharmacist where to drop off / dispose of unused prescription medications. This is important to avoid accidental or purposeful misuse of the medication and contamination of the environment.