Drugs
Drug Disposal
Leiter's Pharmacy
It's not environmentally safe to flush expired or unused medications down the toilet, so what's a consumer to do? 1700 Park Ave. in San Jose, will accept medication drop-offs during its business hours of 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. For more information, call the pharmacy at (408) 292-6772. Santa Clara County's Hazardous Household Waste program also accepts unused or expired prescription medications, needles and syringes. For more information, call (408) 299-7300.
Drug Reference
Food and Drug Administration
The FDA is the foremost consumer protection agency in the country.
Some say they protect us too much, but here is their website.
National Library of Medicine
Searchable database of information about medicines.
Physicians' Desk Reference
PDR.net is a medical and healthcare Web site created by Medical
Economics Company Inc., publisher of healthcare magazines and
directories including the PDR (Physicians' Desk Reference).
Drug Rehabilitation
AA
Meetings in Milpitas
Meetings in several places around town.
South Bay Cocaine
Anonymous
Meets at the Elmwood Correctional Facility, 701 South Abel, Milpitas.
Security clearance required. Free.
Wild Recovery
Wild Recovery is a Narcotics Anonymous home group in the San
Jose, California fellowship. We sponsor regular recovery meetings
during the seasons of good hiking weather.
Drug Stores
/ Pharmacies
Longs Drugs
You can now shop online for Longs products and prescriptions.
Longs is located at 45 North Milpitas Blvd.
Rite Aid Pharmacy
Refill your prescription online, read health news, monthly promotions,
online advice from the pharmacist, and more. They also are affiliated
with Drugstore.com.
If you buy
through Go Milpitas your money gets spent in town!
Walgreens
Away from home and forgot your prescription? Also, special values
for online shoppers. There are 3 Walgreens in or very near Milpitas
to serve you. Here's the map.
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