12 year old ritalin pill, to eat or not?

[shpongle1987]

Like I said in the title, its a pill that's literally 12 years old. I looked it up, know exactly what it is. Its been in the bottle over the years.....so would it be harmful to eat?

 

[hydroazuanacaine]

no more harmful than ritalin made yesterday.

 

[shpongle1987]

boooooooo yahhh....spank you for the answer

 

[BabyGurl3171]

Worst case scenerio, it's less potent. Best case it's the same mgs. But I'm bettin on the first scenerio.

 

[SportsJackass1221]

Worst case scenerio, it's less potent. Best case it's the same mgs. But I'm bettin on the first scenerio.

Pretty much this. I worked as a pharmacy technician for almost 4 years and if anybody called in asking if they could take a medication that was past its expiration date the pharmacist would say as long as it doesn't have any mold on it from exposure to moisture, then it would be safe. Although like BabyGurl said, it can lose potency over time.

 

[jaurk]

I've used 8 year old ritalin, worked a treat

 

[shpongle1987]

Yeah it definitely worked, thank you for the responses!

 

[Aetherius Rimor]

I worked as a pharmacy technician for almost 4 years and if anybody called in asking if they could take a medication that was past its expiration date the pharmacist would say as long as it doesn't have any mold on it from exposure to moisture, then it would be safe.

Are there any medications that decompose into something that is more potent/potentially toxic over a length of them that would make the expiration date a warning to be followed?

 

[BabyGurl3171]

Excluding nitroglycerin, insulin, and liquid antibiotics, most medications are as
long-lasting as the ones tested by the military.
Www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/updates/update1103a.shtml

 

[tricomb]

I've used ritalin that was over 20 years old.

 

[Jerrus]

So than its safe to say the ritalin I have is fine even tho it expired it 2007

 

[effie]

It should be absolutely fine. We can't make guarantees of course, but as long as it has been stored somewhere dry I can't see why it wouldn't be okay. The consensus of the thread seems to be that it won't lose potency either.