Expired Medication ??
Question:
I am sure that I should just throw these away BUT something is telling me that there may be a chance they are still good..How do i know??
Answers:
Toss them! How much is a bottle of meds compared to your life! A friend of mine took expired penicillin and was paralysed for 8 hours and then spent another three weeks in the hospital. The bill was in the tens of thousands. The bottle of penicillin had a co-pay of about 10 dollars meaning the pill that he took was worth a few pennies.
Toss them, toss them , toss them.
If you don't believe me, call any pharmacist. They will answer this question for free.
Never use medication that is expired.Please throw them away.Many people do not think about medications having an expiration date, but the fact is, medications expire much in the same way that food expires. There are people who wouldn’t consider drinking milk just one day after the expiration date, but the same people are often unaware that their medicine cabinets contain expired products. All medications, prescription and over-the-counter drugs, have expiration dates and should be discarded when expired.
Expired medications are not always dangerous, but they can become weak and possibly ineffective after the “use by” date. Expired medicine in pill and liquid form often changes in color and consistency. Liquids can separate and pills deteriorate over time. These changes are obvious, but sometimes medication appears to be fresh when in fact it has been compromised by time and improper storage.
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