Do Antibiotics In Pill Form Expire?
Question:
Can I take these pills, or do you think they've expired? There's no expiration date anywhere on the bottle, but I don't want to be risky. Any help is greatly appreciated!
Answers:
of course do not think to take the pills... the expiration date is not the only thing that counts. as you can notice some meduications must be protected from light others should not be subjected to air. so do not take the old amoxicilline you have. and go visit your doctor and take the new prescribe medication instead...
Other Answers:
Look on the bottle. There should be an expiration date. ALL medicine, prescribed or OTC, has an expiration date.
It is NOT a good idea to just take antibtics. Wait until you see the doctor. You need to take an entire series of antibiotics otherwise you can have what is called rebound which means the infection could come back worse that the original one.
ALWAYS finish the series even if you feel better.
call your Pharmacy and give them the RX number, they can pull the file and give you the information on the pill prescribed, maybe even give you an expiration date. if it has been two years, don't take the antibiotics. Wait and tell your doctor about your symptoms.
they expire and DO NOT TAKE ANTIBIOTICS WITHOUT A DOCTORS PERMISSION.
if used the wrong way antibiotics can harm more than help.
go see a doctor first please.
You should not take antibiotics if you are not sick - your body can build up an immunity to them and make it harder for them to work when you do get sick. They do expire and are probably not as effective as they were when they were new.
all pills expire after a certain time ,i believe they are only good for 1 year.
Yes, they can expire. Make sure that you go to the doctor before you take the pills. If it's not a BACTERIAL infection antibiotics will do nothing but cause drug resistance or at the very least kill the good bacteria in your body. The doctor may just perscrbe the exact same medication if it is a bacterial infection. If this is the case, I would just call the pharmicist to find out about the expiration date, then if it's not too late take the pills if there are enough. Always take the dosage you are perscribed even if you start to feel better. Again, that's to prevent bacterial drug resistance.
Yes, they expire. Usually within 2 yrs. They lose there effectiveness as well. You should throw them out. If they smell funny (sour) they are bad. Besides antibiotics are prescribed for particular illnesses and are not a cure all for just anything. If what you hav is viral it won't help you at all to take an antibiotic.
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