Misc got a few bottles of pills mid-januar 2009exp date will they have any effect?

[Arsenic_X]

I've got tome trammies, trazadones, and some lunestea.
These mediciness are over 4 years, but my question is? Are they safe to take? Do they still have some potency?answers please!

 

[alt 14]

Yes they are safe to take in the sense it hasn't degraded into something dangerous. Same potency, highly likely. Dose it like you would if it wasn't expired.

 

[Corazon]

they are past the expiration date, so obviously i can't vouch for their safety or potency.

 

[alt 14]

Then don't post in his thread if you don't know the answer? Wtf why did you do that

http://www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/updates/update1103a.shtml

Just in case any other stupid posts come up for you, OP

 

[eireann]

These mediciness are over 4 years, but my question is? Are they safe to take? Do they still have some potency?answers please!

If the desired effect is explosive diarrhea, then work away.

 

[alt 14]

Wow you guys are fucking idiots. They're not even that old first of all. Nor are they anti-biotics.

They will work and I don't think diarrhea is a side effect of any of those medicines.

To you as well I will ask you, why post in his thread if you don't know the answer? Not only are you wrong, you appear to not have the time to look at any other posts in the thread nor the time to read the article from Harvard dealing with expired medications.

Stop spamming up his thread. Please.

 

[bennyZA]

Chill out brotha. You could have said that so much nicer!

Anyways, I do completely agree with you alt 14. Here's an exerpt from the Harvard Medical School article (full article: http://www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/updates/update1103a.shtml)

It turns out that the expiration date on a drug does stand for something, but probably not what you think it does. Since a law was passed in 1979, drug manufacturers are required to stamp an expiration date on their products. This is the date at which the manufacturer can still guarantee the full potency and safety of the drug.

Most of what is known about drug expiration dates comes from a study conducted by the Food and Drug Administration at the request of the military. With a large and expensive stockpile of drugs, the military faced tossing out and replacing its drugs every few years. What they found from the study is 90% of more than 100 drugs, both prescription and over-the-counter, were perfectly good to use even 15 years after the expiration date.

So the expiration date doesn't really indicate a point at which the medication is no longer effective or has become unsafe to use. Medical authorities state expired drugs are safe to take, even those that expired years ago.

Question answered!

 

[alt 14]

I mean, if they had posted first, no big deal. Simple mistake or whatever. But the first guy who posted was after I answered the question and it was basically like "I don't know, but don't do it because I don't know." The second guy obviously just doesn't care or was a troll, because I answered the question, posted the article, and corrected the first guy all before he even opened the thread.

We have people on this board saying you can get liver damage from two drinks of alcohol on 2600 milligrams of acetaminophen. I can't tell if they are just making it up as they go along or they just honestly believe all this.

Most people here, however, are really cool, nice, and informative. And care. And quite a few here are downright smart, like way more than me. If I didn't feel this way as a whole for the board, I wouldn't be here.

I'm sorry if I upset anyone, but it upsets me when I'm ignored or contradicted about something easy like this. Eye for an eye the whole world goes blind. I should be nicer.

 

[sekio]

no need to be rude